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.sh "Memory management\(dg
.NH 3
Text, data and stack
.PP
.FS
\(dg This section represents the interface planned for later
releases of the system.  Of the calls described in this section,
only \fIsbrk\fP and \fIgetpagesize\fP are included in 4.3BSD.
.FE
Each process begins execution with three logical areas of memory
called text, data and stack.
The text area is read-only and shared, while the data and stack
areas are private to the process.  Both the data and stack areas may
be extended and contracted on program request.  The call
.DS
addr = sbrk(incr);
result caddr_t addr; int incr;
.DE
changes the size of the data area by \fIincr\fP bytes and
returns the new end of the data area, while
.DS
addr = sstk(incr);
result caddr_t addr; int incr;
.DE
changes the size of the stack area.
The stack area is also automatically extended as needed.
On the VAX the text and data areas are adjacent in the P0 region,
while the stack section is in the P1 region, and grows downward.
.NH 3
Mapping pages
.PP
The system supports sharing of data between processes
by allowing pages to be mapped into memory.  These mapped
pages may be \fIshared\fP with other processes or \fIprivate\fP
to the process.
Protection and sharing options are defined in \fI<sys/mman.h>\fP as:
.DS
.ta \w'#define\ \ 'u +\w'MAP_HASSEMAPHORE\ \ 'u +\w'0x0080\ \ 'u
/* protections are chosen from these bits, or-ed together */
#define PROT_READ       0x04    /* pages can be read */
#define PROT_WRITE      0x02    /* pages can be written */
#define PROT_EXEC       0x01    /* pages can be executed */
.DE
.DS
.ta \w'#define\ \ 'u +\w'MAP_HASSEMAPHORE\ \ 'u +\w'0x0080\ \ 'u
/* flags contain mapping type, sharing type and options */
/* mapping type; choose one */
#define MAP_FILE        0x0001  /* mapped from a file or device */
#define MAP_ANON        0x0002  /* allocated from memory, swap space */
#define MAP_TYPE        0x000f  /* mask for type field */
.DE
.DS
.ta \w'#define\ \ 'u +\w'MAP_HASSEMAPHORE\ \ 'u +\w'0x0080\ \ 'u
/* sharing types; choose one */
#define MAP_SHARED      0x0010  /* share changes */
#define MAP_PRIVATE     0x0000  /* changes are private */
.DE
.DS
.ta \w'#define\ \ 'u +\w'MAP_HASSEMAPHORE\ \ 'u +\w'0x0080\ \ 'u
/* other flags */
#define MAP_FIXED       0x0020  /* map addr must be exactly as requested */
#define MAP_INHERIT     0x0040  /* region is retained after exec */
#define MAP_HASSEMAPHORE        0x0080  /* region may contain semaphores */
#define MAP_NOPREALLOC  0x0100  /* do not preallocate space */
.DE
The cpu-dependent size of a page is returned by the
\fIgetpagesize\fP system call:
.DS
pagesize = getpagesize();
result int pagesize;
.DE
.LP
The call:
.DS
maddr = mmap(addr, len, prot, flags, fd, pos);
result caddr_t maddr; caddr_t addr; int *len, prot, flags, fd; off_t pos;
.DE
causes the pages starting at \fIaddr\fP and continuing
for at most \fIlen\fP bytes to be mapped from the object represented by
descriptor \fIfd\fP, starting at byte offset \fIpos\fP.
The starting address of the region is returned;
for the convenience of the system,
it may differ from that supplied
unless the MAP_FIXED flag is given,
in which case the exact address will be used or the call will fail.
The actual amount mapped is returned in \fIlen\fP.
The \fIaddr\fP, \fIlen\fP, and \fIpos\fP parameters
must all be multiples of the pagesize.
A successful \fImmap\fP will delete any previous mapping
in the allocated address range.
The parameter \fIprot\fP specifies the accessibility
of the mapped pages.
The parameter \fIflags\fP specifies
the type of object to be mapped,
mapping options, and
whether modifications made to
this mapped copy of the page
are to be kept \fIprivate\fP, or are to be \fIshared\fP with
other references.
Possible types include MAP_FILE,
mapping a regular file or character-special device memory,
and MAP_ANON, which maps memory not associated with any specific file.
The file descriptor used for creating MAP_ANON regions is used only
for naming, and may be given as \-1 if no name
is associated with the region.\(dd
.FS
\(dd The current design does not allow a process
to specify the location of swap space.
In the future we may define an additional mapping type, MAP_SWAP,
in which the file descriptor argument specifies a file
or device to which swapping should be done.
.FE
The MAP_INHERIT flag allows a region to be inherited after an \fIexec\fP.
The MAP_HASSEMAPHORE flag allows special handling for
regions that may contain semaphores.
The MAP_NOPREALLOC flag allows processes to allocate regions whose
virtual address space, if fully allocated,
would exceed the available memory plus swap resources.
Such regions may get a SIGSEGV signal if they page fault and resources
are not available to service their request;
typically they would free up some resources via \fIunmap\fP so that
when they return from the signal the page
fault could be successfully completed.
.PP
A facility is provided to synchronize a mapped region with the file
it maps; the call
.DS
msync(addr, len);
caddr_t addr; int len;
.DE
writes any modified pages back to the filesystem and updates
the file modification time.
If \fIlen\fP is 0, all modified pages within the region containing \fIaddr\fP
will be flushed;
if \fIlen\fP is non-zero, only the pages containing \fIaddr\fP and \fIlen\fP
succeeding locations will be examined.
Any required synchronization of memory caches
will also take place at this time.
Filesystem operations on a file that is mapped for shared modifications
are unpredictable except after an \fImsync\fP.
.PP
A mapping can be removed by the call
.DS
munmap(addr, len);
caddr_t addr; int len;
.DE
This call deletes the mappings for the specified address range,
and causes further references to addresses within the range
to generate invalid memory references.
.NH 3
Page protection control
.PP
A process can control the protection of pages using the call
.DS
mprotect(addr, len, prot);
caddr_t addr; int len, prot;
.DE
This call changes the specified pages to have protection \fIprot\fP\|.
Not all implementations will guarantee protection on a page basis;
the granularity of protection changes may be as large as an entire region.
.NH 3
Giving and getting advice
.PP
A process that has knowledge of its memory behavior may
use the \fImadvise\fP call:
.DS
madvise(addr, len, behav);
caddr_t addr; int len, behav;
.DE
\fIBehav\fP describes expected behavior, as given
in \fI<sys/mman.h>\fP:
.DS
.ta \w'#define\ \ 'u +\w'MADV_SEQUENTIAL\ \ 'u +\w'00\ \ \ \ 'u
#define MADV_NORMAL     0       /* no further special treatment */
#define MADV_RANDOM     1       /* expect random page references */
#define MADV_SEQUENTIAL 2       /* expect sequential references */
#define MADV_WILLNEED   3       /* will need these pages */
#define MADV_DONTNEED   4       /* don't need these pages */
#define MADV_SPACEAVAIL 5       /* insure that resources are reserved */
.DE
Finally, a process may obtain information about whether pages are
core resident by using the call
.DS
mincore(addr, len, vec)
caddr_t addr; int len; result char *vec;
.DE
Here the current core residency of the pages is returned
in the character array \fIvec\fP, with a value of 1 meaning
that the page is in-core.
.NH 3
Synchronization primitives
.PP
Primitives are provided for synchronization using semaphores in shared memory.
Semaphores must lie within a MAP_SHARED region with at least modes
PROT_READ and PROT_WRITE.
The MAP_HASSEMAPHORE flag must have been specified when the region was created.
To acquire a lock a process calls:
.DS
value = mset(sem, wait)
result int value; semaphore *sem; int wait;
.DE
\fIMset\fP indivisibly tests and sets the semaphore \fIsem\fP.
If the the previous value is zero, the process has acquired the lock
and \fImset\fP returns true immediately.
Otherwise, if the \fIwait\fP flag is zero,
failure is returned.
If \fIwait\fP is true and the previous value is non-zero,
\fImset\fP relinquishes the processor until notified that it should retry.
.LP
To release a lock a process calls:
.DS
mclear(sem)
semaphore *sem;
.DE
\fIMclear\fP indivisibly tests and clears the semaphore \fIsem\fP.
If the ``WANT'' flag is zero in the previous value,
\fImclear\fP returns immediately.
If the ``WANT'' flag is non-zero in the previous value,
\fImclear\fP arranges for waiting processes to retry before returning.
.PP
Two routines provide services analogous to the kernel
\fIsleep\fP and \fIwakeup\fP functions interpreted in the domain of
shared memory.
A process may relinquish the processor by calling \fImsleep\fP
with a set semaphore:
.DS
msleep(sem)
semaphore *sem;
.DE
If the semaphore is still set when it is checked by the kernel,
the process will be put in a sleeping state
until some other process issues an \fImwakeup\fP for the same semaphore
within the region using the call:
.DS
mwakeup(sem)
semaphore *sem;
.DE
An \fImwakeup\fP may awaken all sleepers on the semaphore,
or may awaken only the next sleeper on a queue.