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1 /* Repeating a memory blob, with alias mapping optimization.
2 Copyright (C) 2018-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
5 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
10 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13 Lesser General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16 License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
17 <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
19 #ifndef SUPPORT_BLOB_REPEAT_H
20 #define SUPPORT_BLOB_REPEAT_H
22 #include <stdbool.h>
23 #include <stddef.h>
25 struct support_blob_repeat
27 void *start;
28 size_t size;
29 bool use_malloc;
32 /* Return an allocation of COUNT elements, each of ELEMENT_SIZE bytes,
33 initialized with the bytes starting at ELEMENT. The memory is
34 writable (and thus counts towards the commit charge). In case of
35 on error, all members of the return struct are zero-initialized,
36 and errno is set accordingly. */
37 struct support_blob_repeat support_blob_repeat_allocate (const void *element,
38 size_t element_size,
39 size_t count);
41 /* Like support_blob_repeat_allocate, except that copy-on-write
42 semantics are disabled. This means writing to one part of the blob
43 can affect other parts. It is possible to map non-shared memory
44 over parts of the resulting blob using MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_FIXED
45 | MAP_PRIVATE, so that writes to these parts do not affect
46 others. */
47 struct support_blob_repeat support_blob_repeat_allocate_shared
48 (const void *element, size_t element_size, size_t count);
50 /* Deallocate the blob created by support_blob_repeat_allocate or
51 support_blob_repeat_allocate_shared. */
52 void support_blob_repeat_free (struct support_blob_repeat *);
54 #endif /* SUPPORT_BLOB_REPEAT_H */