MAP_FIXED is defined to silently replace any existing mappings at the
address range being mapped over. This, however, is a dangerous, and only
rarely desired behavior.
Various Unix systems provide replacements or additions to MAP_FIXED:
* SerenityOS and Linux provide MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE. If the address space
already contains a mapping in the requested range, Linux returns
EEXIST. SerenityOS returns ENOMEM, however that is a bug, as the
MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE implementation is intended to be compatible with
Linux.
* FreeBSD provides the MAP_EXCL flag that has to be used in combination
with MAP_FIXED. It returns EINVAL if the requested range already
contains existing mappings. This is directly analogous to the O_EXCL
flag in the open () call.
* DragonFly BSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD provide MAP_TRYFIXED, but with
different semantics. DragonFly BSD returns ENOMEM if the requested
range already contains existing mappings. NetBSD does not return an
error, but instead creates the mapping at a different address if the
requested range contains mappings. OpenBSD behaves the same, but also
notes that this is the default behavior even without MAP_TRYFIXED
(which is the case on the Hurd too).
Since the Hurd leans closer to the BSD side, add MAP_EXCL as the primary
API to request the behavior of not replacing existing mappings. Declare
MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE and MAP_TRYFIXED as aliases of (MAP_FIXED|MAP_EXCL),
so any existing software that checks for either of those macros will
pick them up automatically. For compatibility with Linux, return EEXIST
if a mapping already exists.
Signed-off-by: Sergey Bugaev <bugaevc@gmail.com>
Message-Id: <20230625231751.404120-5-bugaevc@gmail.com>
This is a flag that can be passed to mmap () to request that the mapping
being established should be located in the lower 2 GB area of the
address space, so only the lower 31 (not 32) bits can be set in its
address, and the address can be represented as a 32-bit integer without
truncating it.
This flag is intended to be compatible with Linux, FreeBSD, and Darwin
flags of the same name. Out of those systems, it appears Linux and
FreeBSD take MAP_32BIT to mean "map 31 bit", whereas Darwin allows the
32nd bit to be set in the address as well. The Hurd follows Linux and
FreeBSD behavior.
Unlike on those systems, on the Hurd MAP_32BIT is defined on all
supported architectures (which currently are only i386 and x86_64).
Signed-off-by: Sergey Bugaev <bugaevc@gmail.com>
Message-Id: <20230423215526.346009-1-bugaevc@gmail.com>
This adds a special SHM_ANON value that can be passed into shm_open ()
in place of a name. When called in this way, shm_open () will create a
new anonymous shared memory file. The file will be created in the same
way that other shared memory files are created (i.e., under /dev/shm/),
except that it is not given a name and therefore cannot be reached from
the file system, nor by other calls to shm_open (). This is accomplished
by utilizing O_TMPFILE.
This is intended to be compatible with FreeBSD's API of the same name.
Signed-off-by: Sergey Bugaev <bugaevc@gmail.com>
Message-Id: <20230130125216.6254-4-bugaevc@gmail.com>
