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remap_file_pages

Implemented in Antinomie 0.7.0 · Syscall list

long remap_file_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long size, unsigned long prot, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags);
Number (x86-64) 216
ABI common
Kernel entry point sys_remap_file_pages

This is the raw kernel prototype from the pinned Linux 6.12.94 schema, not the libc wrapper.

Deprecated call that rearranged pages of a file mapping; modern kernels emulate it.

Name Type Meaning
start (arg0) unsigned long Start address of a memory range.
size (arg1) unsigned long Size in bytes.
prot (arg2) unsigned long Memory protection bits: PROT_READ, PROT_WRITE, PROT_EXEC.
pgoff (arg3) unsigned long Page offset.
flags (arg4) unsigned long Option flags that change the behavior of the call.

On success: 0.

In an Antinomie trace the Return column and the ret filter field show the raw kernel return value. On failure that is the negative errno, for example -2 for ENOENT, not the -1 plus errno that the libc wrapper gives. syscall.errno holds the positive errno and syscall.success is false.

Raw return Name Meaning
-22 EINVAL An argument is invalid.

remap_file_pages(2) on man7.org

Coverage mark: Implemented. All arguments are plain values, recorded as the raw argument words at entry. There is no pointee to copy and no known gap.

Every call is recorded as an Entry record (the six argument words and the pointees copied at entry) and an Exit record (the return value and the pointees copied at exit).

Argument When How Recorded field key Condition
start (arg0) Entry raw scalar word args.0, args.start
size (arg1) Entry raw scalar word args.1, args.size
prot (arg2) Entry raw scalar word args.2, args.prot
pgoff (arg3) Entry raw scalar word args.3, args.pgoff
flags (arg4) Entry raw scalar word; Syscall Trace also decodes it into flag names (unknown group), listing unknown bits separately args.4, args.flags
  • Result: ret, syscall.errno, syscall.success, syscall.duration_ns.
  • Argument words: args.start (arg0), args.size (arg1), args.prot (arg2), args.pgoff (arg3), args.flags (arg4); args.0 to args.5 by position.

See Syscall Trace filter for the full syntax.

For what the capture statuses mean, see Capture statuses. For what is never recorded, see Known gaps.