Maps a file into memory.
On UNIX, this is using the mmap function.
If writable
is true, the mapped buffer may be modified, otherwise it is an error to modify
the mapped buffer. Modifications to the buffer are not visible to other processes mapping the same file, and are not written back to the
file.
Note that modifications of the underlying file might affect the contents of the MappedFile . Therefore, mapping should only be used if the file will not be modified, or if all modifications of the file are done atomically ( e.g. using set_data).
fd |
The file descriptor of the file to load |
writable |
whether the mapping should be writable |
a newly allocated MappedFile which must be unref'd with |