Enum

advice

File or memory access pattern advisory information.

enum advice {
  normal,
  sequential,
  random,
  will-need,
  dont-need,
  no-reuse,
}

Cases

CaseDescription
normalThe application has no advice to give on its behavior with respect to the specified data.
sequentialThe application expects to access the specified data sequentially from lower offsets to higher offsets.
randomThe application expects to access the specified data in a random order.
will-needThe application expects to access the specified data in the near future.
dont-needThe application expects that it will not access the specified data in the near future.
no-reuseThe application expects to access the specified data once and then not reuse it thereafter.