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Many operating systems also provide MAP_ANONYMOUS. It's not hard to support this ourselves, we'd better add it to make it more likely for applications to work out of the box. Reviewed by: alc (mman.h)
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.\" @(#)mmap.2 8.4 (Berkeley) 5/11/95
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd November 6, 2009
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.Dt MMAP 2
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm mmap
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.Nd allocate memory, or map files or devices into memory
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/mman.h
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.Ft void *
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.Fn mmap "void *addr" "size_t len" "int prot" "int flags" "int fd" "off_t offset"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn mmap
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system call causes the pages starting at
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.Fa addr
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and continuing for at most
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.Fa len
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bytes to be mapped from the object described by
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.Fa fd ,
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starting at byte offset
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.Fa offset .
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If
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.Fa len
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is not a multiple of the pagesize, the mapped region may extend past the
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specified range.
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Any such extension beyond the end of the mapped object will be zero-filled.
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.Pp
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If
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.Fa addr
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is non-zero, it is used as a hint to the system.
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(As a convenience to the system, the actual address of the region may differ
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from the address supplied.)
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If
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.Fa addr
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is zero, an address will be selected by the system.
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The actual starting address of the region is returned.
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A successful
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.Fa mmap
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deletes any previous mapping in the allocated address range.
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.Pp
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The protections (region accessibility) are specified in the
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.Fa prot
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argument by
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.Em or Ns 'ing
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the following values:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width PROT_WRITE -compact
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.It Dv PROT_NONE
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Pages may not be accessed.
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.It Dv PROT_READ
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Pages may be read.
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.It Dv PROT_WRITE
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Pages may be written.
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.It Dv PROT_EXEC
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Pages may be executed.
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Fa flags
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argument specifies the type of the mapped object, mapping options and
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whether modifications made to the mapped copy of the page are private
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to the process or are to be shared with other references.
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Sharing, mapping type and options are specified in the
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.Fa flags
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argument by
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.Em or Ns 'ing
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the following values:
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.Bl -tag -width MAP_HASSEMAPHORE
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.It Dv MAP_ANON
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Map anonymous memory not associated with any specific file.
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The file descriptor used for creating
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.Dv MAP_ANON
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must be \-1.
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The
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.Fa offset
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argument is ignored.
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.\".It Dv MAP_FILE
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.\"Mapped from a regular file or character-special device memory.
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.It Dv MAP_ANONYMOUS
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This flag is identical to
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.Dv MAP_ANON
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and is provided for compatibility.
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.It Dv MAP_FIXED
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Do not permit the system to select a different address than the one
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specified.
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If the specified address cannot be used,
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.Fn mmap
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will fail.
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If
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.Dv MAP_FIXED
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is specified,
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.Fa addr
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must be a multiple of the pagesize.
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If a
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.Dv MAP_FIXED
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request is successful, the mapping established by
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.Fn mmap
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replaces any previous mappings for the process' pages in the range from
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.Fa addr
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to
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.Fa addr
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+
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.Fa len .
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Use of this option is discouraged.
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.It Dv MAP_HASSEMAPHORE
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Notify the kernel that the region may contain semaphores and that special
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handling may be necessary.
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.It Dv MAP_INHERIT
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This flag never operated as advertised and is no longer supported.
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Please refer to
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.Xr minherit 2
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for further information.
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.It Dv MAP_NOCORE
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Region is not included in a core file.
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.It Dv MAP_NOSYNC
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Causes data dirtied via this VM map to be flushed to physical media
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only when necessary (usually by the pager) rather than gratuitously.
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Typically this prevents the update daemons from flushing pages dirtied
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through such maps and thus allows efficient sharing of memory across
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unassociated processes using a file-backed shared memory map.
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Without
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this option any VM pages you dirty may be flushed to disk every so often
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(every 30-60 seconds usually) which can create performance problems if you
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do not need that to occur (such as when you are using shared file-backed
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mmap regions for IPC purposes).
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Note that VM/file system coherency is
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maintained whether you use
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.Dv MAP_NOSYNC
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or not.
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This option is not portable
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across
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.Ux
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platforms (yet), though some may implement the same behavior
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by default.
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.Pp
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.Em WARNING !
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Extending a file with
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.Xr ftruncate 2 ,
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thus creating a big hole, and then filling the hole by modifying a shared
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.Fn mmap
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can lead to severe file fragmentation.
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In order to avoid such fragmentation you should always pre-allocate the
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file's backing store by
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.Fn write Ns ing
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zero's into the newly extended area prior to modifying the area via your
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.Fn mmap .
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The fragmentation problem is especially sensitive to
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.Dv MAP_NOSYNC
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pages, because pages may be flushed to disk in a totally random order.
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.Pp
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The same applies when using
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.Dv MAP_NOSYNC
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to implement a file-based shared memory store.
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It is recommended that you create the backing store by
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.Fn write Ns ing
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zero's to the backing file rather than
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.Fn ftruncate Ns ing
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it.
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You can test file fragmentation by observing the KB/t (kilobytes per
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transfer) results from an
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.Dq Li iostat 1
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while reading a large file sequentially, e.g.\& using
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.Dq Li dd if=filename of=/dev/null bs=32k .
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.Pp
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The
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.Xr fsync 2
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system call will flush all dirty data and metadata associated with a file,
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including dirty NOSYNC VM data, to physical media.
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The
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.Xr sync 8
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command and
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.Xr sync 2
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system call generally do not flush dirty NOSYNC VM data.
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The
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.Xr msync 2
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system call is obsolete since
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.Bx
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implements a coherent file system buffer cache.
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However, it may be
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used to associate dirty VM pages with file system buffers and thus cause
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them to be flushed to physical media sooner rather than later.
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.It Dv MAP_PRIVATE
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Modifications are private.
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.It Dv MAP_SHARED
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Modifications are shared.
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.It Dv MAP_STACK
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.Dv MAP_STACK
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implies
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.Dv MAP_ANON ,
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and
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.Fa offset
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of 0.
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The
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.Fa fd
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argument
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must be -1 and
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.Fa prot
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must include at least
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.Dv PROT_READ
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and
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.Dv PROT_WRITE .
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This option creates
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a memory region that grows to at most
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.Fa len
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bytes in size, starting from the stack top and growing down.
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The
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stack top is the starting address returned by the call, plus
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.Fa len
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bytes.
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The bottom of the stack at maximum growth is the starting
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address returned by the call.
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Xr close 2
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system call does not unmap pages, see
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.Xr munmap 2
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for further information.
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.Pp
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The current design does not allow a process to specify the location of
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swap space.
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In the future we may define an additional mapping type,
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.Dv MAP_SWAP ,
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in which
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the file descriptor argument specifies a file or device to which swapping
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should be done.
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.Sh NOTES
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Although this implementation does not impose any alignment restrictions on
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the
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.Fa offset
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argument, a portable program must only use page-aligned values.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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Upon successful completion,
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.Fn mmap
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returns a pointer to the mapped region.
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Otherwise, a value of
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.Dv MAP_FAILED
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is returned and
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.Va errno
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is set to indicate the error.
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.Sh ERRORS
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The
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.Fn mmap
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system call
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will fail if:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EACCES
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The flag
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.Dv PROT_READ
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was specified as part of the
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.Fa prot
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argument and
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.Fa fd
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was not open for reading.
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The flags
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.Dv MAP_SHARED
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and
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.Dv PROT_WRITE
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were specified as part of the
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.Fa flags
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and
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.Fa prot
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argument and
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.Fa fd
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was not open for writing.
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.It Bq Er EBADF
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The
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.Fa fd
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argument
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is not a valid open file descriptor.
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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.Dv MAP_FIXED
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was specified and the
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.Fa addr
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argument was not page aligned, or part of the desired address space
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resides out of the valid address space for a user process.
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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The
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.Fa len
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argument
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was equal to zero.
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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.Dv MAP_ANON
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was specified and the
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.Fa fd
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argument was not -1.
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.It Bq Er ENODEV
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.Dv MAP_ANON
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has not been specified and
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.Fa fd
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did not reference a regular or character special file.
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.It Bq Er ENOMEM
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.Dv MAP_FIXED
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was specified and the
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.Fa addr
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argument was not available.
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.Dv MAP_ANON
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was specified and insufficient memory was available.
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The system has reached the per-process mmap limit specified in the
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.Va vm.max_proc_mmap
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sysctl.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr madvise 2 ,
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.Xr mincore 2 ,
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.Xr minherit 2 ,
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.Xr mlock 2 ,
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.Xr mprotect 2 ,
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.Xr msync 2 ,
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.Xr munlock 2 ,
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.Xr munmap 2 ,
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.Xr getpagesize 3 ,
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.Xr make.conf 5
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.Sh BUGS
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The
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.Fa len
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argument
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is limited to the maximum file size or available userland address
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space.
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Files may not be able to be made more than 1TB large on 32 bit systems
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due to file systems restrictions and bugs, but address space is far more
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restrictive.
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Larger files may be possible on 64 bit systems.
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.Pp
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The previous documented limit of 2GB was a documentation bug.
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That limit has not existed since
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.Fx 2.2 .
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