NAME

Linux::Proc::Maps - Read and write /proc/[pid]/maps files

VERSION

version 0.002

SYNOPSIS

use Linux::Proc::Maps qw(read_maps);

# by pid:
my $vm_regions = read_maps(pid => $$);

# by pid with explicit procfs mount:
my $vm_regions = read_maps(mnt => '/proc', pid => 123);

# by file:
my $vm_regions = read_maps(file => '/proc/456/maps');

DESCRIPTION

This module reads and writes /proc/[pid]/maps files that contain listed mapped memory regions.

FUNCTIONS

read_maps

Read and parse a maps file, returning an arrayref of regions (each represented as a hashref). See "parse_maps_single_line" to see the format of the hashrefs.

my $regions = read_maps(%args);

Arguments:

• file - Path to maps file
• pid - Process ID (one of file or pid is required)
• mnt - Absolute path where proc(5) is mounted (optional, default: /proc)

write_maps

Returns a string with the contents of a maps file from the memory regions passed.

my $file_content = write_maps(\@regions, %args);

This is the opposite of "read_maps".

Arguments:

• fh - Write maps to this open file handle (optional)
• file - Open this filepath and write maps to that file (optional)

parse_maps_single_line

Parse and return a single line from a maps file into a region represented as a hashref.

my $region = parse_maps_single_line($line);

For example,

# address         perms offset  dev   inode   pathname
08048000-08056000 r-xp 00000000 03:0c 64593   /usr/sbin/gpm

becomes:

{
    address_start   => 134512640,
    address_end     => 134569984,
    read            => 1,
    write           => '',
    execute         => 1,
    shared          => '',
    offset          => 0,
    device          => '03:0c'
    inode           => '64593',
    pathname        => '/usr/sbin/gpm',
}

format_maps_single_line

Return a single line for a maps file from a region represented as a hashref.

my $line = format_maps_single_line(\%region);

This is the opposite of "parse_maps_single_line".

SEE ALSO

proc(5) describes the file format.

CAVEATS

Integer overloading may occur if you try to parse memory regions from address spaces larger than your current architecture (or perl) supports. This is currently not fatal, though you will get warnings from perl that you probably shouldn't ignore.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://github.com/chazmcgarvey/Linux-Proc-Maps/issues

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

AUTHOR

Charles McGarvey chazmcgarvey@brokenzipper.com

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2016 by Charles McGarvey.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.