dmmlib/src/release_memory.c

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/**
 * @file   release_memory.c
 * @author Ioannis Koutras (joko@microlab.ntua.gr)
 * @date   September 2012
 * @brief  Implementation of the function to release memory space back to the
 * system.
 */

#include "release_memory.h"

#include <sys/mman.h>

#include <unistd.h>
#include <inttypes.h>
#include <assert.h>

void release_memory(raw_block_header_t *raw_block) {
#ifdef WITH_DEBUG
    int error_code;
#endif /* WITH_DEBUG */

    size_t pagesize = (size_t) sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
    size_t padding = (uintptr_t) raw_block % pagesize;

    if(padding != 0) {
#ifdef WITH_DEBUG
        error_code =
#endif /* WITH_DEBUG */
            munmap((void *) ((uintptr_t) raw_block - padding),
                    raw_block->size + padding);
    } else {
#ifdef WITH_DEBUG
        error_code =
#endif /* WITH_DEBUG */
            munmap((void *)raw_block, raw_block->size);
    }
    assert(error_code == 0);
}