package mmap import ( "os" "syscall" "unsafe" ) // Map memory-maps a file. func Map(path string) ([]byte, error) { f, err := os.Open(path) if err != nil { return nil, err } defer f.Close() fi, err := f.Stat() if err != nil { return nil, err } else if fi.Size() == 0 { return nil, nil } lo, hi := uint32(fi.Size()), uint32(fi.Size()>>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(fi.Size())) if err != nil { return nil, err } data := (*[1 << 30]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(ptr))[:fi.Size()] 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]))) }