MMAP2(2)		   Linux Programmers Manual		     MMAP2(2)



NAME
       mmap2 - map files or devices into memory

SYNOPSIS
       #include 

       void *mmap2(void *addr, size_t length, int prot,
		    int flags, int fd, off_t pgoffset);

DESCRIPTION
       The  mmap2()  system  call operates in exactly the same way as mmap(2),
       except that the final argument specifies the offset into  the  file  in
       4096-byte  units  (instead  of  bytes,  as  is  done by mmap(2)).  This
       enables applications that use a 32-bit off_t to map large files (up  to
       2^44 bytes).

RETURN VALUE
       On  success, mmap2() returns a pointer to the mapped area.  On error -1
       is returned and errno is set appropriately.

ERRORS
       EFAULT Problem with getting the data from userspace.

       EINVAL (Various platforms where the page size is not 4096 bytes.)  off
	      set * 4096 is not a multiple of the system page size.

       mmap2() can return any of the same errors as mmap(2).

VERSIONS
       mmap2() is available since Linux 2.3.31.

CONFORMING TO
       This system call is Linux-specific.

NOTES
       Nowadays,  the  glibc  mmap() wrapper function invokes this system call
       rather than the mmap(2) system call.

       On ia64, the unit for offset is actually the system page  size,	rather
       than 4096 bytes.

SEE ALSO
       getpagesize(2), mmap(2), mremap(2), msync(2), shm_open(3)

COLOPHON
       This  page  is  part of release 3.05 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.



Linux				  2008-04-22			      MMAP2(2)