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GETPAGESIZE(2) | Linux Programmer's Manual | GETPAGESIZE(2) |
NAME¶
getpagesize - get memory page sizeSYNOPSIS¶
#include <unistd.h>int getpagesize(void);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
getpagesize():
- Since glibc 2.19:
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_DEFAULT_SOURCE || ! (_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L)
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From glibc 2.12 to 2.19: -
_BSD_SOURCE || ! (_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L)
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Before glibc 2.12: - _BSD_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500
DESCRIPTION¶
The function getpagesize() returns the number of bytes in a memory page, where "page" is a fixed-length block, the unit for memory allocation and file mapping performed by mmap(2).CONFORMING TO¶
SVr4, 4.4BSD, SUSv2. In SUSv2 the getpagesize() call is labeled LEGACY, and in POSIX.1-2001 it has been dropped; HP-UX does not have this call.NOTES¶
Portable applications should employ sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE) instead of getpagesize():
#include <unistd.h> long sz = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
(Most systems allow the synonym _SC_PAGE_SIZE for _SC_PAGESIZE.)
Whether getpagesize() is present as a Linux system call depends on the architecture. If it is, it returns the kernel symbol PAGE_SIZE, whose value depends on the architecture and machine model. Generally, one uses binaries that are dependent on the architecture but not on the machine model, in order to have a single binary distribution per architecture. This means that a user program should not find PAGE_SIZE at compile time from a header file, but use an actual system call, at least for those architectures (like sun4) where this dependency exists. Here glibc 2.0 fails because its getpagesize() returns a statically derived value, and does not use a system call. Things are OK in glibc 2.1.
SEE ALSO¶
mmap(2), sysconf(3)COLOPHON¶
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