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MEMINFO(2) System Calls MEMINFO(2)

NAME

meminfo - provide information about memory

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>

int meminfo(const uint64_t inaddr[], int addr_count,
const uint_t info_req[], int info_count, uint64_t outdata[],
uint_t validity[]);

PARAMETERS

inaddr
array of input addresses; the maximum number of
addresses that can be processed for each call is
MAX_MEMINFO_CNT

addr_count
number of addresses

info_req
array of types of information requested

info_count
number of pieces of information requested for each
address in inaddr

outdata
array into which results are placed; array size must be
the product of info_count and addr_count

validity
array of size addr_count containing bitwise result
codes; 0th bit evaluates validity of corresponding
input address, 1st bit validity of response to first
member of info_req, and so on

DESCRIPTION

The meminfo() function provides information about virtual and
physical memory particular to the calling process. The user or
developer of performance utilities can use this information to
analyze system memory allocations and develop a better understanding
of the factors affecting application performance.

The caller of meminfo() can obtain the following types of information
about both virtual and physical memory.

MEMINFO_VPHYSICAL
physical address corresponding to virtual
address

MEMINFO_VLGRP
locality group of physical page
corresponding to virtual address

MEMINFO_VPAGESIZE
size of physical page corresponding to
virtual address

MEMINFO_VREPLCNT
number of replicated physical pages
corresponding to specified virtual address

MEMINFO_VREPL | n
nth physical replica of specified virtual
address

MEMINFO_VREPL_LGRP | n
lgrp of nth physical replica of specified
virtual address

MEMINFO_PLGRP
locality group of specified physical
address

All but MEMINFO_VLGRP and MEMINFO_VPAGESIZE require the
PRIV_PROC_MEMINFO privilege.

RETURN VALUES

Upon successful completion meminfo() returns 0. Otherwise -1 is
returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

The meminfo() function will fail if:

EFAULT
The area pointed to by outdata or validity could not be
written, or the data pointed to by info_req or inaddr could
not be read.

EINVAL
The value of info_count is greater than 31 or less than 1,
or the value of addr_count is less than 1.

EXAMPLES

Example 1: Print physical pages and page sizes corresponding to a set

of virtual addresses.

The following example prints the physical pages and page sizes
corresponding to a set of virtual addresses.

void
print_info(void **addrvec, int how_many)
{
static const uint_t info[] = {
MEMINFO_VPHYSICAL,
MEMINFO_VPAGESIZE
};

int info_num = sizeof (info) / sizeof (info[0]);
int i;

uint64_t *inaddr = alloca(sizeof (uint64_t) * how_many);
uint64_t *outdata = alloca(sizeof (uint64_t) * how_many * info_num);
uint_t *validity = alloca(sizeof (uint_t) * how_many);

for (i = 0; i < how_many; i++)
inaddr[i] = (uint64_t)addrvec[i];

if (meminfo(inaddr, how_many, info, info_num, outdata,
validity) < 0) {
perror("meminfo");
return;
}

for (i = 0; i < how_many; i++) {
if ((validity[i] & 1) == 0)
printf("address 0x%llx not part of address space\n",
inaddr[i]);

else if ((validity[i] & 2) == 0)
printf("address 0x%llx has no physical page "
"associated with it\n", inaddr[i]);

else {
char buff[80];
if ((validity[i] & 4) == 0)
strcpy(buff, "<Unknown>");
else
sprintf(buff, "%lld",
outdata[i * info_num + 1]);

printf("address 0x%llx is backed by physical "
"page 0x%llx of size %s\n",
inaddr[i], outdata[i * info_num], buff);
}
}
}

ATTRIBUTES