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GETPAGESIZE(2) Linux Programmer's Manual GETPAGESIZE(2)
NAME
getpagesize - get memory page size
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
int getpagesize(void);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
getpagesize():
Since glibc 2.12:
_BSD_SOURCE ||
!(_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600)
Before glibc 2.12:
_BSD_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500 || _XOPEN_SOURCE && _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED
DESCRIPTION
The function getpagesize() returns the number of bytes in a memory page, where "page" is a
fixed-length block, the unit for memory allocation and file mapping performed by mmap(2).
CONFORMING TO
SVr4, 4.4BSD, SUSv2. In SUSv2 the getpagesize() call is labeled LEGACY, and in
POSIX.1-2001 it has been dropped; HP-UX does not have this call.
NOTES
Portable applications should employ sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE) instead of getpagesize():
#include <unistd.h>
long sz = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
(Most systems allow the synonym _SC_PAGE_SIZE for _SC_PAGESIZE.)
Whether getpagesize() is present as a Linux system call depends on the architecture. If
it is, it returns the kernel symbol PAGE_SIZE, whose value depends on the architecture and
machine model. Generally, one uses binaries that are dependent on the architecture but
not on the machine model, in order to have a single binary distribution per architecture.
This means that a user program should not find PAGE_SIZE at compile time from a header
file, but use an actual system call, at least for those architectures (like sun4) where
this dependency exists. Here glibc 2.0 fails because its getpagesize() returns a statiā
cally derived value, and does not use a system call. Things are OK in glibc 2.1.
SEE ALSO
mmap(2), sysconf(3)
COLOPHON
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project, information about reporting bugs, and the latest version of this page, can be
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