mmap_linux.go

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package mmap

import (
	"fmt"
	"syscall"
)

// Fd mmaps a file
func Fd(fd, offset, length int64, opts Options) (Result, error) {
	// MAP_PRIVATE because we only want to ever mmap immutable things and we don't
	// ever want to propagate writes back to the underlying file
	// Set HugeTLB to disabled because its not supported for files
	opts.HugeTLB.Enabled = false
	return mmap(fd, offset, length, syscall.MAP_PRIVATE, opts)
}

// Bytes requests a private (non-shared) region of anonymous (not backed by a file) memory from the O.S
func Bytes(length int64, opts Options) (Result, error) {
	// offset is 0 because we're not indexing into a file
	// fd is -1 and MAP_ANON because we're asking for an anonymous region of memory not tied to a file
	// MAP_PRIVATE because we don't plan on sharing this region of memory with other processes
	return mmap(-1, 0, length, syscall.MAP_ANON|syscall.MAP_PRIVATE, opts)
}

func mmap(fd, offset, length int64, flags int, opts Options) (Result, error) {
	if length == 0 {
		// Return an empty slice (but not nil so callers who
		// use nil to mean something special like not initialized
		// get back an actual ref)
		return Result{Result: make([]byte, 0)}, nil
	}

	var prot int
	if opts.Read {
		prot = prot | syscall.PROT_READ
	}
	if opts.Write {
		prot = prot | syscall.PROT_WRITE
	}

	flagsWithoutHugeTLB := flags
	shouldUseHugeTLB := opts.HugeTLB.Enabled && length >= opts.HugeTLB.Threshold
	if shouldUseHugeTLB {
		// We use the MAP_HUGETLB flag instead of MADV_HUGEPAGE because transparent
		// hugepages only work with anonymous, private pages. Please see the MADV_HUGEPAGE
		// section of http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/madvise.2.html and the MAP_HUGETLB
		// section of http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/mmap.2.html for more details.
		flags = flags | syscall.MAP_HUGETLB
	}

	var (
		b       []byte
		err     error
		warning error
	)
	b, err = syscall.Mmap(int(fd), offset, int(length), prot, flags)
	// Sometimes allocations that specify huge pages will fail because the O.S
	// isn't configured properly or there are not enough available huge pages in
	// the pool. You can try and allocate more by executing:
	// 		echo 20 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
	// See this document for more details: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt
	// Regardless, we don't want to fail hard in that scenario. Instead, we try
	// and mmap without the hugeTLB flag.
	if err != nil && shouldUseHugeTLB {
		// In case we succeed the second time, make sure we can propagate the previous
		// error back to the caller as a warning
		warning = fmt.Errorf(
			"error while trying to mmap with hugeTLB flag: %s, hugeTLB disabled", err.Error())
		b, err = syscall.Mmap(int(fd), offset, int(length), prot, flagsWithoutHugeTLB)
	}

	if err != nil {
		return Result{}, fmt.Errorf("mmap error: %v", err)
	}

	return Result{Result: b, Warning: warning}, nil
}

// Munmap munmaps a byte slice that is backed by an mmap
func Munmap(b []byte) error {
	if len(b) == 0 {
		// Never actually mmapd this, just returned empty slice
		return nil
	}

	if err := syscall.Munmap(b); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("munmap error: %v", err)
	}

	return nil
}