// Package mmap implements a large block memory allocator using // anonymous memory maps. //go:build windows package mmap import ( "fmt" "reflect" "unsafe" "golang.org/x/sys/windows" ) // Alloc allocates size bytes and returns a slice containing them. If // the allocation fails it will return with an error. This is best // used for allocations which are a multiple of the PageSize. func Alloc(size int) ([]byte, error) { p, err := windows.VirtualAlloc(0, uintptr(size), windows.MEM_COMMIT, windows.PAGE_READWRITE) if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("mmap: failed to allocate memory for buffer: %w", err) } var mem []byte sh := (*reflect.SliceHeader)(unsafe.Pointer(&mem)) sh.Data = p sh.Len = size sh.Cap = size return mem, nil } // Free frees buffers allocated by Alloc. Note it should be passed // the same slice (not a derived slice) that Alloc returned. If the // free fails it will return with an error. func Free(mem []byte) error { sh := (*reflect.SliceHeader)(unsafe.Pointer(&mem)) err := windows.VirtualFree(sh.Data, 0, windows.MEM_RELEASE) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("mmap: failed to unmap memory: %w", err) } return nil }