minix/lib/libsys/sys_memset.c
Ben Gras 769af57274 further libexec generalization
. new mode for sys_memset: include process so memset can be
	  done in physical or virtual address space.
	. add a mode to mmap() that lets a process allocate uninitialized
	  memory.
	. this allows an exec()er (RS, VFS, etc.) to request uninitialized
	  memory from VM and selectively clear the ranges that don't come
	  from a file, leaving no uninitialized memory left for the process
	  to see.
	. use callbacks for clearing the process, clearing memory in the
	  process, and copying into the process; so that the libexec code
	  can be used from rs, vfs, and in the future, kernel (to load vm)
	  and vm (to load boot-time processes)
2012-06-07 15:15:02 +02:00

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#include "syslib.h"
int sys_memset(endpoint_t who, unsigned long pattern,
phys_bytes base, phys_bytes bytes)
{
/* Zero a block of data. */
message mess;
if (bytes == 0L) return(OK);
mess.MEM_PTR = (char *) base;
mess.MEM_COUNT = bytes;
mess.MEM_PATTERN = pattern;
mess.MEM_PROCESS = who;
return(_kernel_call(SYS_MEMSET, &mess));
}