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#include <sys/mman.h>int getpagesizes(size_t pagesize[ ], int nelem);
The getpagesizes() function returns either the number of different page sizes supported by the system or the actual sizes themselves. When called with nelem as 0 and pagesize as NULL, getpagesizes() returns the number of supported page sizes. Otherwise, up to nelem page sizes are retrieved and assigned to successive elements of pagesize[ ]. The return value is the number of page sizes retrieved and set in pagesize[ ].
Upon successful completion, the number of pagesizes supported or actually retrieved is returned. Otherwise, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.
The getpagesizes() function will fail if:
The nelem argument is less than 0 or pagesize is NULL but nelem is non-zero.
The getpagesizes() function returns all the page sizes for which the hardware and system software provide support for the memcntl(2) command MC_HATMAPSIZE. However, not all processors support all page sizes and/or combinations of page sizes with equal efficiency. Applications programmers should take this into consideration when using getpagesizes().
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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MT-Level | MT-Safe |
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