#ifndef EINA_MMAP_H_ #define EINA_MMAP_H_ /** * @addtogroup Eina_Mmap_Group Mmap Group * @ingroup Eina * * @brief These functions provide helpers for safe mmap handling. * * @{ * * @since 1.1.0 */ /** * @brief Enables or disables safe mmaped IO handling. * * @param[in] enabled The enabled state (to enable, pass #EINA_TRUE) * @return #EINA_TRUE on success, #EINA_FALSE on failure. * * This enables (if possible on your platform) a signal handler for * SIGBUS, that replaces the "bad page" with a page of 0's (from /dev/zero) * if a SIGBUS occurs. This allows for safe mmap() of files that may truncate * or from files on devices with IO errors. Normally these cases will result * in a SIGBUS being delivered (and termination of your process), but * when "mmap safety" is enabled, this will not occur. Instead a page of * bytes of the value 0 will replace the "bad page", allowing the process * to continue and allow its own parsing error detection to safely abort * the operation without the process falling apart. * * If you disable mmap safety, the SIGBUS handler will be restored to its * default handler. Note that eina_file_map_all() and eina_file_map_new() * will automatically enable mmap safety as they provide an mmaped file IO * layer, and rely on mmap to not fail for any part of the file. * * If you set up your own SIGBUS handler, then this will effectively disable * the safe mmap handling and make you liable to crashing on IO to or from * such "damaged files" that would take down your process. * * @since 1.1.0 */ EAPI Eina_Bool eina_mmap_safety_enabled_set(Eina_Bool enabled); /** * @brief Gets the enabled state of mmap safety. * * @return The safety state (#EINA_TRUE if enabled) * * This returns the mmap safety state set by eina_mmap_safety_enabled_set(). * See eina_mmap_safety_enabled_set() for more information. * * @since 1.1.0 */ EAPI Eina_Bool eina_mmap_safety_enabled_get(void); /** * @} */ #endif