sys_mman.h(0P) POSIX Programmer's Manual sys_mman.h(0P)
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NAME
sys/mman.h -- memory management declarations
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/mman.h>
DESCRIPTION
The <sys/mman.h> header shall define the following symbolic constants
for use as protection options:
PROT_EXEC Page can be executed.
PROT_NONE Page cannot be accessed.
PROT_READ Page can be read.
PROT_WRITE Page can be written.
The <sys/mman.h> header shall define the following symbolic constants
for use as flag options:
MAP_FIXED Interpret addr exactly.
MAP_PRIVATE Changes are private.
MAP_SHARED Share changes.
The <sys/mman.h> header shall define the following symbolic constants
for the msync() function:
MS_ASYNC Perform asynchronous writes.
MS_INVALIDATE Invalidate mappings.
MS_SYNC Perform synchronous writes.
The <sys/mman.h> header shall define the following symbolic constants
for the mlockall() function:
MCL_CURRENT Lock currently mapped pages.
MCL_FUTURE Lock pages that become mapped.
The <sys/mman.h> header shall define the symbolic constant MAP_FAILED
which shall have type void * and shall be used to indicate a failure
from the mmap() function .
If the Advisory Information option is supported, the <sys/mman.h>
header shall define symbolic constants for the advice argument to the
posix_madvise() function as follows:
POSIX_MADV_DONTNEED
The application expects that it will not access the specified
range in the near future.
POSIX_MADV_NORMAL
The application has no advice to give on its behavior with
respect to the specified range. It is the default characteristic
if no advice is given for a range of memory.
POSIX_MADV_RANDOM
The application expects to access the specified range in a random
order.
POSIX_MADV_SEQUENTIAL
The application expects to access the specified range sequen-
tially from lower addresses to higher addresses.
POSIX_MADV_WILLNEED
The application expects to access the specified range in the near
future.
The <sys/mman.h> header shall define the following symbolic constants
for use as flags for the posix_typed_mem_open() function:
POSIX_TYPED_MEM_ALLOCATE
Allocate on mmap().
POSIX_TYPED_MEM_ALLOCATE_CONTIG
Allocate contiguously on mmap().
POSIX_TYPED_MEM_MAP_ALLOCATABLE
Map on mmap(), without affecting allocatability.
The <sys/mman.h> header shall define the mode_t, off_t, and size_t
types as described in <sys_types.h>.
The <sys/mman.h> header shall define the posix_typed_mem_info struc-
ture, which shall include at least the following member:
size_t posix_tmi_length Maximum length which may be allocated
from a typed memory object.
The following shall be declared as functions and may also be defined as
macros. Function prototypes shall be provided.
int mlock(const void *, size_t);
int mlockall(int);
void *mmap(void *, size_t, int, int, int, off_t);
int mprotect(void *, size_t, int);
int msync(void *, size_t, int);
int munlock(const void *, size_t);
int munlockall(void);
int munmap(void *, size_t);
int posix_madvise(void *, size_t, int);
int posix_mem_offset(const void *restrict, size_t, off_t *restrict,
size_t *restrict, int *restrict);
int posix_typed_mem_get_info(int, struct posix_typed_mem_info *);
int posix_typed_mem_open(const char *, int, int);
int shm_open(const char *, int, mode_t);
int shm_unlink(const char *);
The following sections are informative.
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
<sys_types.h>
The System Interfaces volume of POSIX.1-2008, mlock(), mlockall(),
mmap(), mprotect(), msync(), munmap(), posix_madvise(), posix_mem_off-
set(), posix_typed_mem_get_info(), posix_typed_mem_open(), shm_open(),
shm_unlink()
COPYRIGHT
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from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electri-
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POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the
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