remap_file_pages — create a non-linear file mapping
#define _GNU_SOURCE #include <sys/mman.h>
int
remap_file_pages( |
void * | start, |
| size_t | size, | |
| int | prot, | |
| ssize_t | pgoff, | |
| int | flags); |
The remap_file_pages()
system call is used to create a non-linear mapping, that is,
a mapping in which the pages of the file are mapped into a
non-sequential order in memory. The advantage of using
remap_file_pages() over using
repeated calls to mmap(2) is that the former
approach does not require the kernel to create additional VMA
(Virtual Memory Area) data structures.
To create a non-linear mapping we perform the following steps:
Use mmap(2) to create a
mapping (which is initially linear). This mapping must
be created with the MAP_SHARED flag.
Use one or more calls to remap_file_pages() to rearrange the
correspondence between the pages of the mapping and the
pages of the file. It is possible to map the same page
of a file into multiple locations within the mapped
region.
The pgoff and
size arguments
specify the region of the file that is to be relocated within
the mapping: pgoff is
a file offset in units of the system page size; size is the length of the
region in bytes.
The start argument
serves two purposes. First, it identifies the mapping whose
pages we want to rearrange. Thus, start must be an address that
falls within a region previously mapped by a call to
mmap(2). Second, start specifies the address at
which the file pages identified by pgoff and size will be placed.
The values specified in start and size should be multiples of the
system page size. If they are not, then the kernel rounds
both values
down to the nearest
multiple of the page size.
The prot argument
must be specified as 0.
The flags argument
has the same meaning as for mmap(2), but all flags
other than MAP_NONBLOCK are
ignored.
On success, remap_file_pages() returns 0. On error,
−1 is returned, and errno
is set appropriately.
start does
not refer to a valid mapping created with the
MAP_SHARED flag.
start,
size,
prot, or
pgoff is
invalid.
The remap_file_pages()
system call appeared in Linux 2.5.46; glibc support was added
in version 2.3.3.
getpagesize(2), mmap(2), mmap2(2), mprotect(2), mremap(2), msync(2), feature_test_macros(7)
This page is part of release 2.79 of the Linux man-pages project. A
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bugs, can be found at
http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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