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add docs for memory locking functions
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afck committed Mar 27, 2018
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/// Locks all memory pages that contain part of the address range with `length` bytes starting at
/// `addr`. Locked pages never move to the swap area.
pub unsafe fn mlock(addr: *const c_void, length: size_t) -> Result<()> {
Errno::result(libc::mlock(addr, length)).map(drop)
}

/// Unlocks all memory pages that contain part of the address range with `length` bytes starting at
/// `addr`.
pub unsafe fn munlock(addr: *const c_void, length: size_t) -> Result<()> {
Errno::result(libc::munlock(addr, length)).map(drop)
}

/// Locks all memory pages mapped into this process' address space. Locked pages never move to the
/// swap area.
pub fn mlockall(flags: MlockAllFlags) -> Result<()> {
unsafe { Errno::result(libc::mlockall(flags.bits())) }.map(drop)
}

/// Unocks all memory pages mapped into this process' address space.
pub fn munlockall() -> Result<()> {
unsafe { Errno::result(libc::munlockall()) }.map(drop)
}
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