Module x86_64::structures::paging[][src]

Abstractions for page tables and other paging related structures.

Page tables translate virtual memory “pages” to physical memory “frames”.

Structs

Page

A virtual memory page.

PageRange

A range of pages with exclusive upper bound.

PageRangeInclusive

A range of pages with inclusive upper bound.

PageTable

Represents a page table.

PageTableEntry

A 64-bit page table entry.

PageTableFlags

Possible flags for a page table entry.

PhysFrame

A physical memory frame.

PhysFrameRange

An range of physical memory frames, exclusive the upper bound.

PhysFrameRangeInclusive

An range of physical memory frames, inclusive the upper bound.

Enums

FrameError

The error returned by the PageTableEntry::frame method.

Size1GiB

A “giant” 1GiB page.

Size2MiB

A “huge” 2MiB page.

Size4KiB

A standard 4KiB page.

Traits

FrameAllocator

A trait for types that can allocate a frame of memory.

FrameDeallocator

A trait for types that can deallocate a frame of memory.

NotGiantPageSize

This trait is implemented for 4KiB and 2MiB pages, but not for 1GiB pages.

PageSize

Trait for abstracting over the three possible page sizes on x86_64, 4KiB, 2MiB, 1GiB.