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Diffstat (limited to 'support/blob_repeat.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | support/blob_repeat.h | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/support/blob_repeat.h b/support/blob_repeat.h index 12f33bcd02..519458cf50 100644 --- a/support/blob_repeat.h +++ b/support/blob_repeat.h @@ -38,7 +38,17 @@ struct support_blob_repeat support_blob_repeat_allocate (const void *element, size_t element_size, size_t count); -/* Deallocate the blob created by support_blob_repeat_allocate. */ +/* Like support_blob_repeat_allocate, except that copy-on-write + semantics are disabled. This means writing to one part of the blob + can affect other parts. It is possible to map non-shared memory + over parts of the resulting blob using MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_FIXED + | MAP_PRIVATE, so that writes to these parts do not affect + others. */ +struct support_blob_repeat support_blob_repeat_allocate_shared + (const void *element, size_t element_size, size_t count); + +/* Deallocate the blob created by support_blob_repeat_allocate or + support_blob_repeat_allocate_shared. */ void support_blob_repeat_free (struct support_blob_repeat *); #endif /* SUPPORT_BLOB_REPEAT_H */ |