mmap2 — map files or devices into memory
#include <sys/mman.h>
void
*mmap2( |
void * | start, |
| size_t | length, | |
| int | prot, | |
| int | flags, | |
| int | fd, | |
| off_t | pgoffset); |
The mmap2() system call
operates in exactly the same way as mmap(2), except that the
final argument specifies the offset into the file in
4096-byte units (instead of bytes, as is done by mmap(2)). This enables
applications that use a 32-bit off_t to map large files (up to 2^44
bytes).
On success, mmap2() returns
a pointer to the mapped area. On error −1 is returned
and errno is set
appropriately.
Problem with getting the data from userspace.
(Various platforms where the page size is not 4096 bytes.) offset * 4096 is not a multiple of the system page size.
mmap2() can return any of
the same errors as mmap(2).
Nowadays, the glibc mmap()
wrapper function invokes this system call rather than the
mmap(2) system call.
On ia64, the unit for offset is actually the system
page size, rather than 4096 bytes.
This page is part of release 2.79 of the Linux man-pages project. A
description of the project, and information about reporting
bugs, can be found at
http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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