* Data is always written to disk when #mdb_txn_commit() is called,
* but the operating system may keep it buffered. LMDB always flushes
* the OS buffers upon commit as well, unless the environment was
- * opened with #MDB_NOSYNC or in part #MDB_NOMETASYNC.
+ * opened with #MDB_NOSYNC or in part #MDB_NOMETASYNC. This call is
+ * not valid if the environment was opened with #MDB_RDONLY.
* @param[in] env An environment handle returned by #mdb_env_create()
* @param[in] force If non-zero, force a synchronous flush. Otherwise
* if the environment has the #MDB_NOSYNC flag set the flushes
* @return A non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success. Some possible
* errors are:
* <ul>
+ * <li>EACCES - the environment is read-only.
* <li>EINVAL - an invalid parameter was specified.
* <li>EIO - an error occurred during synchronization.
* </ul>
mdb_env_sync(MDB_env *env, int force)
{
int rc = 0;
+ if (env->me_flags & MDB_RDONLY)
+ return EACCES;
if (force || !F_ISSET(env->me_flags, MDB_NOSYNC)) {
if (env->me_flags & MDB_WRITEMAP) {
int flags = ((env->me_flags & MDB_MAPASYNC) && !force)