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NAME

pmem2_config_set_protection() - set a protection flags in pmem2_config structure.

SYNOPSIS

#include <libpmem2.h>

struct pmem2_config;

#define PMEM2_PROT_EXEC		(1U << 29)
#define PMEM2_PROT_READ		(1U << 30)
#define PMEM2_PROT_WRITE	(1U << 31)
#define PMEM2_PROT_NONE		0

int pmem2_config_set_protection(struct pmem2_config *cfg,
		unsigned prot);

DESCRIPTION

The pmem2_config_set_protection() function sets the protection flags which will be used for memory mapping. The default value in pmem2_config structure is PMEM2_PROT_READ | PMEM2_PROT_WRITE. The \prot argument describes the desired memory protection of the mapping. The memory protection cannot conflict with the file opening-mode. *config should be already initialized, please see pmem2_config_new(3) for details.

It is either PROT_NONE or the bitwise OR of one or more of the following flags:

• PMEM2_PROT_EXEC - Pages may be executed.

• PMEM2_PROT_READ - Pages may be read.

• PMEM2_PROT_WRITE - Pages may be written.

• PMEM2_PROT_NONE - Pages may not be accessed. On Windows this flag is not supported.

RETURN VALUE

The pmem2_config_set_protection() function returns 0 on success or a negative error code on failure.

ERRORS

The pmem2_config_set_protection() can fail with the following errors:

• PMEM2_E_INVALID_PROT_FLAG - some or all of the provided flags are not valid.

SEE ALSO

libpmem2(7), pmem2_config_new(3), pmem2_map_new(3) and http://pmem.io