map.h   [plain text]


/* map.h -- memory mapping functions
 * $Id: map.h,v 1.12 2003/10/22 18:50:12 rjs3 Exp $
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#ifndef INCLUDED_MAP_H
#define INCLUDED_MAP_H

#define MAP_UNKNOWN_LEN ((unsigned long)-1)

extern const char *map_method_desc;

/* Create a memory map
 *
 * fd is the file descriptor which is to be mapped
 * onceonly is set to be nonzero if you do not intend to ever refresh the map
 * base and len are output parameters that receive the address and length
 * 	of the map once it is created.  NOTE: *len should be zero the first
 * 	time map_refresh() is called to force the initial mapping
 * newlen is set to the size of the file, or MAP_UNKNOWN_LEN to have the
 * 	mapping facility compute it for you.
 * name and mboxname are used for logging purposes, name is the name
 * 	of the file, and shouldn't be NULL, while mboxname is the name
 * 	of the applicable mailbox (if any), and may be NULL
 */
extern void map_refresh(int fd, int onceonly, const char **base,
			unsigned long *len, unsigned long newlen,
			const char *name, const char *mboxname);

/* map_free will free a memory map allocated by map_refresh
 *
 * base and len are the same values that were passed to map_refresh */
extern void map_free(const char **base, unsigned long *len);

#endif /* INCLUDED_MAP_H */