UNIX System Call

Memory Management API

System calls for memory allocation, mapping, and protection.

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Documentation
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/mmap.html
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APIReference
https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/mmap.2.html

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: Memory Management API
description: System calls for memory allocation, mapping, and protection.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
humanURL: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/mmap.2.html
baseURL: system://unix/memory
tags:
- Allocations
- Memory
- Mmap
- Virtual-Memory
tags_raw:
- Allocation
- Memory
- Mmap
- Virtual-Memory
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/mmap.html
- type: APIReference
  url: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/mmap.2.html
operations:
- name: brk
  description: Change data segment size
  parameters:
  - addr
  returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
- name: sbrk
  description: Change data segment size
  parameters:
  - increment
  returns: previous program break
- name: mmap
  description: Map files or devices into memory
  parameters:
  - addr
  - length
  - prot
  - flags
  - fd
  - offset
  returns: pointer to mapped area
- name: munmap
  description: Unmap files or devices from memory
  parameters:
  - addr
  - length
  returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
- name: mprotect
  description: Set protection on a region of memory
  parameters:
  - addr
  - len
  - prot
  returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
- name: mlock
  description: Lock memory into RAM
  parameters:
  - addr
  - len
  returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
- name: munlock
  description: Unlock memory from RAM
  parameters:
  - addr
  - len
  returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
- name: msync
  description: Synchronize a memory-mapped file with its underlying storage
  parameters:
  - addr
  - length
  - flags
  returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
- name: madvise
  description: Give advice about use of memory to the kernel
  parameters:
  - addr
  - length
  - advice
  returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
- name: posix_memalign
  description: Allocate aligned memory
  parameters:
  - memptr
  - alignment
  - size
  returns: 0 on success, error number on failure
- name: shm_open
  description: Create or open a POSIX shared memory object
  parameters:
  - name
  - oflag
  - mode
  returns: file descriptor
- name: shm_unlink
  description: Remove a POSIX shared memory object
  parameters:
  - name
  returns: 0 on success, -1 on error