minix man page for mmap2

MMAP2(2)						     Linux Programmer's Manual							  MMAP2(2)

NAME
       mmap2 - map files or devices into memory

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/mman.h>

       void *mmap2(void *addr, size_t length, int prot,
		    int flags, int fd, off_t pgoffset);

DESCRIPTION
       This  is  probably  not	the  system call that you are interested in; instead, see mmap(2), which describes the glibc wrapper function that
       invokes this system call.

       The mmap2() system call provides the same interface as mmap(2), except that the final argument  specifies  the  offset  into  the  file	in
       4096-byte  units  (instead  of  bytes, as is done by mmap(2)).  This enables applications that use a 32-bit off_t to map large files (up to
       2^44 bytes).

RETURN VALUE
       On success, mmap2() returns a pointer to the mapped area.  On error, -1 is returned and errno is set appropriately.

ERRORS
       EFAULT Problem with getting the data from user space.

       EINVAL (Various platforms where the page size is not 4096 bytes.)  offset * 4096 is not a multiple of the system page size.

       mmap2() can also return any of the errors described in mmap(2).

VERSIONS
       mmap2() is available since Linux 2.3.31.

CONFORMING TO
       This system call is Linux-specific.

NOTES
       On architectures where this system call is present, the glibc mmap() wrapper function invokes this system call rather than the mmap(2) sys-
       tem call.

       This system call does not exist on x86-64.

       On ia64, the unit for offset is actually the system page size, rather than 4096 bytes.

SEE ALSO
       getpagesize(2), mmap(2), mremap(2), msync(2), shm_open(3)

COLOPHON
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