CACHEFLUSH(2)

NAME
cacheflush - flush contents of instruction and/or data cache

SYNOPSIS
#include <asm/cachectl.h>

int cacheflush(char *addr, int nbytes, int cache);

DESCRIPTION
cacheflush flushes contents of indicated cache(s) for user addresses in the range addr to (addr+nbytes-1). Cache may be one of:

ICACHE
    Flush the instruction cache.

DCACHE
    Write back to memory and invalidate the affected valid cache lines.

BCACHE
    Same as (ICACHE|DCACHE).

RETURN VALUE
cacheflush returns 0 on success or -1 on error. If errors are detected, errno will indicate the error.

ERRORS

EFAULT
    Some or all of the address range addr to (addr+nbytes-1) is not accessible.

EINVAL
    cache parameter is not one of ICACHE, DCACHE, or BCACHE.

BUGS
The current implementation ignores the addr and nbytes parameters. Therefore always the whole cache is flushed.

NOTE
This system call is only available on MIPS based systems. It should not be used in programs intended to be portable.