Memory mapped QFile usage questions

Violet Giraffe

I have a pretty large file (hundreds megabytes). I have a list of thousands (possibly even hundreds thousand) locations in this file where I need to patch 4 bytes. Specific algorithm:

seek to a position;
overwrite 4 bytes;
run and external tool on this file;
revert these 4 bytes to the original value and proceed to the next location.

Questions:

Is it faster to map the whole file once, or map / unmap each location?
Do I need to take special actions for the change to be actually written on disk? Will flush suffice, or do I have to unmap?

Violet Giraffe

Turns out speed is not a concern, I started by trying map -> unmap -> flush - it's fast,
I've also noticed that I don't need to call unamp and flush in order for the changes to be visible to other software. Is that just a coincidence, or is it guaranteed to work (this is a Windows only program)?