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title: _MP(PMEMBLK_READ, 3)
collection: libpmemblk
header: PMDK
date: pmemblk API version 1.1
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[comment]: <> (pmemblk_read.3 -- man page for libpmemblk read and write functions)

[NAME](#name)<br />
[SYNOPSIS](#synopsis)<br />
[DESCRIPTION](#description)<br />
[RETURN VALUE](#return-value)<br />
[SEE ALSO](#see-also)<br />


# NAME #

**pmemblk_read**(), **pmemblk_write**() --  read or write a block from a block
memory pool


# SYNOPSIS #

```c
#include <libpmemblk.h>

int pmemblk_read(PMEMblkpool *pbp, void *buf, long long blockno);
int pmemblk_write(PMEMblkpool *pbp, const void *buf, long long blockno);
```


# DESCRIPTION #

The **pmemblk_read**() function reads the block with block number *blockno*
from memory pool *pbp* into the buffer *buf*. Reading a block that has never
been written by **pmemblk_write**() will return a block of zeroes.

The **pmemblk_write**() function writes a block from *buf* to block number
*blockno* in the memory pool *pbp*. The write is atomic with respect to other
reads and writes. In addition, the write cannot be torn by program failure or
system crash; on recovery the block is guaranteed to contain either the old
data or the new data, never a mixture of both.


# RETURN VALUE #

On success, the **pmemblk_read**() and **pmemblk_write**() functions return 0.
On error, they return -1 and set *errno* appropriately.

# SEE ALSO #

**libpmemblk**(7) and **<http://pmem.io>**
