segment_advise: Advise OS about expected access pattern for a segment
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segment_advise R Documentation
Advise OS about expected access pattern for a segment
Description
This calls madvise() on the segment mapping when available.
Usage
segment_advise(
seg,
advice = c("normal", "sequential", "random", "willneed", "dontneed")
)
Arguments
seg
A shard_segment.
advice
One of "normal", "sequential", "random", "willneed", "dontneed".
Value
A logical scalar; TRUE if the OS accepted the hint.
Examples
seg <- segment_create(1024)
segment_advise(seg, "sequential")
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Advise OS about expected access pattern for a segment
Description
This calls madvise() on the segment mapping when available.
Usage
segment_advise(
seg,
advice = c("normal", "sequential", "random", "willneed", "dontneed")
)
Arguments
seg |
A shard_segment. |
advice |
One of "normal", "sequential", "random", "willneed", "dontneed". |
Value
A logical scalar; TRUE if the OS accepted the hint.
Examples
seg <- segment_create(1024)
segment_advise(seg, "sequential")
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