Module nix::sys::mman [−] [src]

Structs

MapFlags	Additional parameters for `mmap()`.
MsFlags	Configuration flags for `msync`.
ProtFlags	Desired memory protection of a memory mapping.

Usage information for a range of memory to allow for performance optimizations by the kernel.

madvise ^⚠
mlock ^⚠
mmap ^⚠	Calls to mmap are inherently unsafe, so they must be made in an unsafe block. Typically a higher-level abstraction will hide the unsafe interactions with the mmap'd region.
msync ^⚠
munlock ^⚠
munmap ^⚠
shm_open
shm_unlink