mmap/t_remap_file_pages.c

This is mmap/t_remap_file_pages.c, an example to accompany the book, The Linux Programming Interface.

This file is not printed in the book; it is a supplementary file for Chapter 49.

The source code file is copyright 2024, Michael Kerrisk, and is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 3.

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/* t_remap_file_pages.c

   Demonstrate the use of the Linux remap_file_pages() system call to create
   a nonlinear mapping.

   This program is Linux-specific. The remap_file_pages() system call is
   supported since kernel 2.6.
*/
#define _GNU_SOURCE             /* Get remap_file_pages() declaration
                                   from <sys/mman.h> */
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include "tlpi_hdr.h"
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    int fd = open("/tmp/tfile", O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_RDWR, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
    if (fd == -1)
        errExit("open");

    long pageSize = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
    if (pageSize == -1)
        fatal("Couldn't determine page size");

    for (char ch = 'a'; ch < 'd'; ch++)
        for (int j = 0; j < pageSize; j++)
            write(fd, &ch, 1);

    system("od -a /tmp/tfile");

    char *addr = mmap(NULL, 3 * pageSize, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
                        MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
    if (addr == MAP_FAILED)
        errExit("mmap");

    printf("Mapped at address %p\n", addr);

    /* The three pages of the file -- 0 1 2 -- are currently mapped
       linearly. Now we rearrange the mapping to 2 1 0. */

    if (remap_file_pages(addr, pageSize, 0, 2, 0) == -1)
        errExit("remap_file_pages");
    if (remap_file_pages(addr + 2 * pageSize, pageSize, 0, 0, 0) == -1)
        errExit("remap_file_pages");

    /* Now we modify the contents of the mapping */

    for (int j = 0; j < 0x100; j++)     /* Modifies page 2 of file */
        *(addr + j) = '0';
    for (int j = 0; j < 0x100; j++)     /* Modifies page 0 of file */
        *(addr + 2 * pageSize + j) = '2';

    system("od -a /tmp/tfile");

    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}

 

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