| GETPAGESIZES(3) | Library Functions Manual | GETPAGESIZES(3) |
getpagesizes - Get the system supported huge page sizes
#include <hugetlbfs.h>
int getpagesizes(long pagesizes[], int n_elem);
The getpagesizes() function returns either the number of system supported page sizes or the sizes themselves. If pagesizes is NULL and n_elem is 0, then the number of pages the system supports is returned. Otherwise, pagesizes is filled with at most n_elem page sizes.
On success, either the number of page sizes supported by the system or the number of page sizes stored in pagesizes is returned. On failure, -1 is returned and errno is set appropriately.
Also see opendir(3) for other possible values for errno. This error occurs when the sysfs directory exists but cannot be opened.
This call will return all page sizes as reported by the kernel. Not all of these sizes may be usable by the programmer since mount points may not be available for the huge page sizes. To test whether a size will be usable by libhugetlbfs, hugetlbfs_find_path_for_size() can be called on a specific size to see if a mount point is configured.
oprofile(1), opendir(3), gethugepagesizes(3), libhugetlbfs(7)
libhugetlbfs was written by various people on the libhugetlbfs-devel mailing list.
| October 10, 2008 |