+static void lttng_kconsumerd_sync_trace_file(
+ struct lttng_kconsumerd_fd *kconsumerd_fd, off_t orig_offset)
+{
+ int outfd = kconsumerd_fd->out_fd;
+ /*
+ * This does a blocking write-and-wait on any page that belongs to the
+ * subbuffer prior to the one we just wrote.
+ * Don't care about error values, as these are just hints and ways to
+ * limit the amount of page cache used.
+ */
+ if (orig_offset >= kconsumerd_fd->max_sb_size) {
+ sync_file_range(outfd, orig_offset - kconsumerd_fd->max_sb_size,
+ kconsumerd_fd->max_sb_size,
+ SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE
+ | SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE
+ | SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER);
+ /*
+ * Give hints to the kernel about how we access the file:
+ * POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED : we won't re-access data in a near future after
+ * we write it.
+ *
+ * We need to call fadvise again after the file grows because the
+ * kernel does not seem to apply fadvise to non-existing parts of the
+ * file.
+ *
+ * Call fadvise _after_ having waited for the page writeback to
+ * complete because the dirty page writeback semantic is not well
+ * defined. So it can be expected to lead to lower throughput in
+ * streaming.
+ */
+ posix_fadvise(outfd, orig_offset - kconsumerd_fd->max_sb_size,
+ kconsumerd_fd->max_sb_size, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED);
+ }
+}
+
+