memory-mapped files for posix and windows

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Zahary Karadjov
2011-11-04 03:49:55 +02:00
parent 264de4537e
commit 4a436120bd
2 changed files with 174 additions and 28 deletions

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## This module provides support for `memory mapped files`:idx:
## (Posix's `mmap`:idx:) on the different operating systems.
## XXX Currently it is implemented with Nimrod's
## basic IO facilities and does not use any platform specific code!
## Oh and currently only ``fmRead`` is supported...
when defined(windows):
import windows
elif defined(posix):
import posix
else:
{.error: "the memfiles module is not supported yet on your operating system!".}
## mem
## a pointer to the memory mapped file `f`. The pointer can be
## used directly to change the contents of the file, if `f` was opened
## with write access.
## size
## size of the memory mapped file `f`.
when defined(windows):
type Tsize = int64
else:
type Tsize = int
type
TMemFile* = object {.pure.} ## represents a memory mapped file
file: TFile
buffer: pointer
fileLen: int
proc open*(f: var TMemFile, filename: string, mode: TFileMode = fmRead): bool =
## open a memory mapped file `f`. Returns true for success.
assert mode == fmRead
result = open(f.file, filename, mode)
mem*: pointer # XXX: The compiler won't let me add comments on the next line
size*: Tsize
when defined(windows):
fHandle: int
mapHandle: int
else:
handle: cint
proc open*(
f : var TMemFile,
filename : string,
mode : TFileMode = fmRead,
mappedSize : int = -1,
offset : Tsize = 0,
newFileSize : Tsize = -1 ): bool =
## open a memory mapped file `f`. Returns true for success.
# The file can be resized only when write mode is used
assert newFileSize == -1 or mode != fmRead
var readonly = mode == fmRead
template rollback =
f.mem = nil
f.size = 0
when defined(windows):
template fail(msg: expr) =
rollback()
if f.fHandle != 0: discard CloseHandle(f.fHandle)
if f.mapHandle != 0: discard CloseHandle(f.mapHandle)
# return false
raise newException(EIO, msg)
f.fHandle = CreateFileA(
filename,
if readonly: GENERIC_READ else: GENERIC_ALL,
FILE_SHARE_READ,
nil,
if newFileSize != -1: CREATE_ALWAYS else: OPEN_EXISTING,
if readonly: FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY else: FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TEMPORARY,
0)
if f.fHandle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE:
fail "error opening file"
if newFileSize != -1:
var
sizeHigh = int32(newFileSize shr 32)
sizeLow = int32(newFileSize and 0xffffffff)
var status = SetFilePointer(f.fHandle, sizeLow, addr(sizeHigh), FILE_BEGIN)
if (status == INVALID_SET_FILE_POINTER and GetLastError() != NO_ERROR) or
(SetEndOfFile(f.fHandle) == 0):
fail "error setting file size"
f.mapHandle = CreateFileMapping(
f.fHandle, nil,
if readonly: PAGE_READONLY else: PAGE_READWRITE,
0, 0, nil)
if f.mapHandle == 0:
fail "error creating mapping"
f.mem = MapViewOfFileEx(
f.mapHandle,
if readonly: FILE_MAP_READ else: FILE_MAP_WRITE,
int32(offset shr 32),
int32(offset and 0xffffffff),
if mappedSize == -1: 0 else: mappedSize,
nil)
if f.mem == nil:
fail "error mapping view"
var hi, low: int32
low = GetFileSize(f.fHandle, addr(hi))
if low == INVALID_FILE_SIZE:
fail "error getting file size"
else:
var fileSize = (int64(hi) shr 32) or low
f.size = if mappedSize != -1: min(fileSize, mappedSize) else: fileSize
result = true
var len = getFileSize(f.file)
if len < high(int):
f.fileLen = int(len)
f.buffer = alloc(f.fileLen)
if readBuffer(f.file, f.buffer, f.fileLen) != f.fileLen:
raise newException(EIO, "error while reading from file")
else:
raise newException(EIO, "file too big to fit in memory")
template fail(msg: expr) =
rollback()
if f.handle != 0:
discard close(f.handle)
# return false
raise newException(system.EIO, msg)
var flags = if readonly: O_RDONLY else: O_RDWR
if newFileSize != -1:
flags = flags or O_CREAT or O_TRUNC
f.handle = open(filename, flags)
if f.handle == -1:
# XXX: errno is supposed to be set here
# Is there an exception that wraps it?
fail "error opening file"
if newFileSize != -1:
if ftruncate(f.handle, newFileSize) == -1:
fail "error setting file size"
if mappedSize != -1:
f.size = mappedSize
else:
var stat: Tstat
if fstat(f.handle, stat) != -1:
# XXX: Hmm, this could be unsafe
# Why is mmap taking int anyway?
f.size = int(stat.st_size)
else:
fail "error getting file size"
f.mem = mmap(
nil,
f.size,
if readonly: PROT_READ else: PROT_READ or PROT_WRITE,
if readonly: MAP_PRIVATE else: MAP_SHARED,
f.handle,
offset)
if f.mem == cast[pointer](MAP_FAILED):
fail "file mapping failed"
result = true
proc close*(f: var TMemFile) =
## closes the memory mapped file `f`. All changes are written back to the
## file system, if `f` was opened with write access.
dealloc(f.buffer)
close(f.file)
var error = false
proc mem*(f: var TMemFile): pointer {.inline.} =
## retrives a pointer to the memory mapped file `f`. The pointer can be
## used directly to change the contents of the file, if `f` was opened
## with write access.
result = f.buffer
when defined(windows):
if f.fHandle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE:
error = UnmapViewOfFile(f.mem) == 0
error = (CloseHandle(f.mapHandle) == 0) or error
error = (CloseHandle(f.fHandle) == 0) or error
else:
if f.handle != 0:
error = munmap(f.mem, f.size) != 0
error = (close(f.handle) != 0) or error
proc size*(f: var TMemFile): int {.inline.} =
## retrives the size of the memory mapped file `f`.
result = f.fileLen
f.size = 0
f.mem = nil
when defined(windows):
f.fHandle = 0
f.mapHandle = 0
else:
f.handle = 0
if error:
raise newException(system.EIO, "error closing file")

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@@ -3104,6 +3104,9 @@ const
STD_ERROR_HANDLE* = DWORD(-12)
INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE* = HANDLE(-1)
INVALID_SET_FILE_POINTER = ULONG(-1)
INVALID_FILE_SIZE = ULONG(-1)
INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES = ULONG(-1)
const
# GetStockObject