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+/*
+ * Support for RAM backed by mmaped host memory.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or
+ * later. See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+#include <qemu/mmap-alloc.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+void *qemu_ram_mmap(int fd, size_t size, size_t align, bool shared)
+{
+ /*
+ * Note: this always allocates at least one extra page of virtual address
+ * space, even if size is already aligned.
+ */
+ size_t total = size + align;
+ void *ptr = mmap(0, total, PROT_NONE, MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE, -1, 0);
+ size_t offset = QEMU_ALIGN_UP((uintptr_t)ptr, align) - (uintptr_t)ptr;
+ void *ptr1;
+
+ if (ptr == MAP_FAILED) {
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ /* Make sure align is a power of 2 */
+ assert(!(align & (align - 1)));
+ /* Always align to host page size */
+ assert(align >= getpagesize());
+
+ ptr1 = mmap(ptr + offset, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+ MAP_FIXED |
+ (fd == -1 ? MAP_ANONYMOUS : 0) |
+ (shared ? MAP_SHARED : MAP_PRIVATE),
+ fd, 0);
+ if (ptr1 == MAP_FAILED) {
+ munmap(ptr, total);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ ptr += offset;
+ total -= offset;
+
+ if (offset > 0) {
+ munmap(ptr - offset, offset);
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Leave a single PROT_NONE page allocated after the RAM block, to serve as
+ * a guard page guarding against potential buffer overflows.
+ */
+ if (total > size + getpagesize()) {
+ munmap(ptr + size + getpagesize(), total - size - getpagesize());
+ }
+
+ return ptr;
+}
+
+void qemu_ram_munmap(void *ptr, size_t size)
+{
+ if (ptr) {
+ /* Unmap both the RAM block and the guard page */
+ munmap(ptr, size + getpagesize());
+ }
+}