package mmap import ( "os" "syscall" "unsafe" ) // Map memory-maps a file. func Map(path string, sz int64) ([]byte, error) { fi, err := os.Stat(path) if err != nil { return nil, err } // Truncate file to size if too small. if fi.Size() < sz { if err := os.Truncate(path, sz); err != nil { return nil, err } } else { sz = fi.Size() } if sz == 0 { return nil, nil } f, err := os.Open(path) if err != nil { return nil, err } defer f.Close() lo, hi := uint32(sz), uint32(sz>>32) fmap, err := syscall.CreateFileMapping(syscall.Handle(f.Fd()), nil, syscall.PAGE_READONLY, hi, lo, nil) if err != nil { return nil, err } defer syscall.CloseHandle(fmap) ptr, err := syscall.MapViewOfFile(fmap, syscall.FILE_MAP_READ, 0, 0, uintptr(sz)) if err != nil { return nil, err } data := (*[1 << 30]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(ptr))[:sz] return data, nil } // Unmap closes the memory-map. func Unmap(data []byte) error { if data == nil { return nil } return syscall.UnmapViewOfFile(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&data[0]))) }