nc 0.9.7

Access system calls directly
Documentation
/// Map files or devices into memory.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// use std::{mem, ptr};
/// use std::ffi::c_void;
///
/// let path = "/etc/passwd";
/// let ret = unsafe { nc::openat(nc::AT_FDCWD, path, nc::O_RDONLY, 0o644) };
/// assert!(ret.is_ok());
/// let fd = ret.unwrap();
///
/// let mut sb = nc::stat_t::default();
/// let ret = unsafe { nc::fstat(fd, &mut sb) };
/// assert!(ret.is_ok());
///
/// let offset: usize = 0;
/// let length: usize = sb.st_size as usize - offset;
/// // Offset for mmap must be page aligned.
/// let pa_offset: usize = offset & !(nc::PAGE_SIZE - 1);
/// let map_length = length + offset - pa_offset;
///
/// let addr = unsafe {
///     nc::mmap2(
///         ptr::null(),
///         map_length,
///         nc::PROT_READ,
///         nc::MAP_PRIVATE,
///         fd,
///         pa_offset as nc::off_t,
///     )
/// };
/// assert!(addr.is_ok());
/// let addr: *const c_void = addr.unwrap();
///
/// let stdout = 1;
/// // Create the "fat pointer".
/// let buf = unsafe {
///     mem::transmute::<(usize, usize), &[u8]>((addr as usize + offset - pa_offset, length))
/// };
/// let n_write = unsafe { nc::write(stdout, buf) };
/// assert!(n_write.is_ok());
/// assert_eq!(n_write, Ok(length as nc::ssize_t));
/// let ret = unsafe { nc::munmap(addr, map_length) };
/// assert!(ret.is_ok());
/// let ret = unsafe { nc::close(fd) };
/// assert!(ret.is_ok());
/// ```
pub unsafe fn mmap2(
    start: *const core::ffi::c_void,
    len: size_t,
    prot: i32,
    flags: i32,
    fd: i32,
    offset: off_t,
) -> Result<*const core::ffi::c_void, Errno> {
    let start = start as usize;
    let prot = prot as usize;
    let flags = flags as usize;
    let fd = fd as usize;
    let offset = offset as usize;
    syscall6(SYS_MMAP2, start, len, prot, flags, fd, offset)
        .map(|ret| ret as *const core::ffi::c_void)
}