理解Computer中memory-mapped file

• 内存映射

  内存映射：将内核空间的一段内存区域映射到用户空间。可以将内核空间的一段内存区域同时映射到多个进程，实现进程间的共享内存通信。

  《理解内核空间、内存区域、用户空间》

  《Memory-mapped I/O》

  《理解Computer中slack space, page cache, thrash》

• memory map in computer science

  Wikipedia

  A memory map is a structure of data(which usually resides in memory itself) that indicates how memory is laid out.

• Memory-mapped file

  wikipedia

  A memory-mapped file is a segment of virtual memory that has been assigned a direct byte-for-byte correlation with some portion of a file or file-like resource.

  This resource is typically a file that is physically present on disk, but can also be a device, shared momory object, or other resource that the OS can reference through a file descriptor.

  Once present, this correlation between the file and the memory space permits applications to treat the mapped portion as if it were primary memory.

• Benefits

  The benefit of memory mapping a file is increasing I/O performance, especially when used on large files.

  For small files, memory-mapped files can result in a waste result in a waste of slack space as memory maps are always aligned