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HP OpenVMS System Services Reference Manual
 
 
The most privileged access mode used is the access mode of the caller. 
Address space cannot be created within a region that has a create mode 
associated with it that is more privileged than the caller's mode. The 
condition value SS$_IVACMODE is returned if the caller is less 
privileged than the create mode for the region.
 flags
 
  
    | OpenVMS usage: | 
    mask_longword | 
   
  
    | type: | 
    longword (unsigned) | 
   
  
    | access: | 
    read only | 
   
  
    | mechanism:  | 
    by value | 
   
 
 
Flag mask specifying options for the operation. The 
flags argument is a longword bit vector in which each 
bit corresponds to a flag. The $SECDEF macro and the SECDEF.H file 
define a symbolic name for each flag. You construct the 
flags argument by performing a logical OR operation on 
the symbol names for all desired flags.
The following table describes each flag that is valid for the 
$MGBLSC_64 service:
 
  
    | Flag  | 
    Description  | 
   
  
    | 
      SEC$M_EXPREG
     | 
    
      Pages are mapped into the first available space at the current end of 
      the specified region.
        If /ALLOCATE was specified when the memory-resident global section 
      was registered in the Reserved Memory Registry, virtually aligned 
      addresses after the first available space are chosen for the mapping.
        It the
      region_id_64 argument specifies a shared page-table 
      region, the first available space is round up to the beginning of the 
      next CPU-specific page-table page.
      | 
   
  
    | 
      SEC$M_GBL
     | 
    
      Pages form a global section. By default, this flag is always present in 
      this service and cannot be disabled.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SEC$M_NO_OVERMAP
     | 
    
      Pages cannot overmap existing address space.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SEC$M_SHMGS
     | 
    
      On OpenVMS Galaxy systems, create a shared-memory global section.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SEC$M_SYSGBL
     | 
    
      The global section map is a system global section. By default, the 
      section is a group global section.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SEC$M_WRT
     | 
    
      Map the section with read/write access.
     | 
   
 
All other bits in the flags argument are reserved for future use by HP 
and should be specified as 0. The condition value SS$_IVSECFLG is 
returned if any undefined bits are set or if an attempt is made to use 
the SEC$M_PAGFIL flag, which applies only to the creation of a 
page-file backed section.
 return_va_64
 
  
    | OpenVMS usage: | 
    address | 
   
  
    | type: | 
    quadword address | 
   
  
    | access: | 
    write only | 
   
  
    | mechanism:  | 
    by 32- or 64-bit reference | 
   
 
 
The process virtual address into which the global disk or page file 
section was mapped. The return_va_64 argument is the 
32- or 64-bit virtual address of a naturally aligned quadword into 
which the service returns the virtual address.
Upon successful completion of this service, if the 
section_offset_64 argument was specified, the virtual 
address returned in the return_va_64 argument reflects 
the offset into the global section mapped such that the virtual address 
returned cannot be aligned on a CPU-specific page boundary. The virtual 
address returned will always be on an even virtual disk block boundary.
 return_length_64
 
  
    | OpenVMS usage: | 
    byte count | 
   
  
    | type: | 
    quadword (unsigned) | 
   
  
    | access: | 
    write only | 
   
  
    | mechanism:  | 
    by 32- or 64-bit reference | 
   
 
 
The length of the usable virtual address range mapped. The 
return_length_64 argument is the 32- or 64-bit virtual 
address of a naturally aligned quadword into which the service returns 
the length of the virtual address range mapped in bytes.
Upon successful completion of this service, the value in the 
return_length_64 argument might differ from the total 
amount of virtual address space mapped. The value in the 
return_va_64 argument plus the value in the 
return_length_64 argument indicates the address of the 
first byte beyond the end of the mapping of the global disk file 
section.
 
If the value in the section_offset_64 argument plus 
the value in the length_64 argument did not specify to 
map the entire global section, this byte can be located at an even 
virtual disk block boundary within the last page of the mapping.
 
If the section being mapped does not completely fill the last page used 
to represent the global disk file section, this byte can be mapped into 
your address space; however, it is not backed up by the disk file.
 start_va_64
 
  
    | OpenVMS usage: | 
    address | 
   
  
    | type: | 
    quadword address | 
   
  
    | access: | 
    read only | 
   
  
    | mechanism:  | 
    by value | 
   
 
 
The starting virtual address to which to map the global section. The 
specified virtual address must be a CPU-specific page-aligned address. 
If the flag SEC$M_EXPREG is specified, the start_va_64 
argument must not be specified or must be specified as 0. If 
SEC$M_EXPREG is set and the start_va_64 argument is 
nonzero, the condition value SS$_IVSECFLG is returned.
If the region_id_64 argument specifies a shared 
page-table region, start_va_64 must be aligned to a 
CPU-specific page-table page boundary.
  
Description
The Map to Global Section service establishes a correspondence between 
pages in the virtual address space of the process and pages occupied by 
a global disk file, page file, or memory-resident demand-zero section. 
This service adds pages to the virtual address space of the process.
If a global disk file or page file backed section is being mapped, 
invalid page table entries are placed in the process page table.
 
If a memory-resident global section is being mapped, global pages are 
not charged against the process's working set quota when the virtual 
memory is referenced and the global pages are not charged against the 
process's pagefile quota.
 
If the memory-resident global section was not registered in the 
Reserved Memory Registry or /NOALLOCATE was specified when the global 
section was registered, invalid page table entries are placed in the 
process page table.
 
If the memory-resident global section was registered in the Reserved 
Memory Registry and /ALLOCATE was specified when the memory-resident 
global section was registered, valid page table entries are placed in 
the process page tables.
 
If a global disk file or page file backed section is being mapped, and 
the flag SEC$M_EXPREG is set, the first free virtual address within the 
specified region is used to start mapping to the global section.
 
To use the shared page tables associated with a memory-resident global 
section, you must first create a shared page table region (with 
SYS$CREATE_REGION_64). To map to the memory-resident global section 
using the shared page tables you must do the following:
 
  - Specify a shared page table region in the 
  region_id_64 argument.
  
 - Specify SEC$M_WRT in the flags argument.
  
 - Set the flag SEC$M_EXPREG or provide a CPU-specific page-table 
  page-aligned virtual address in the start_va_64 
  argument.
  
 - Specify a CPU-specific page-table page-aligned value for the 
  section_offset_64 argument or zero.
  
 - Specify a value for the map_length_64 argument 
  that is an even multiple of bytes mapped by a CPU-specific page-table 
  page, or include the last page of the section or zero.
  
See the description of $CREATE_REGION_64 for information about 
calculating virtual addresses that are aligned to a CPU-specific page 
table page boundary.
 
A memory-resident global section can be mapped with shared page tables 
or private page tables. The following table lists the factors 
associated with determining whether the mapping occurs with shared page 
tables or private page tables:
 
  
    | Global Section Created with Shared Page Tables  | 
    Shared Page-Table Region Specified by region_id_64  | 
    Type of Page Tables Used in Mapping  | 
   
  
    | 
      No
     | 
    
      No
     | 
    
      Private
     | 
   
  
    | 
      No
     | 
    
      Yes
     | 
    
      Private
     | 
   
  
    | 
      Yes
     | 
    
      No
     | 
    
      Private
     | 
   
  
    | 
      Yes
     | 
    
      Yes
     | 
    
      Shared
     | 
   
 
In general, if the flag SEC$M_EXPREG is set, the first free virtual 
address within the specified region is used to map to the global 
section.
 
If the flag SEC$M_EXPREG is set, a memory-resident global section is 
being mapped and the region_id_64 argument indicates a 
shared page-table region, the first free virtual address within the 
specified region is rounded up to a CPU-specific page-table page 
boundary and used to map to the global section.
 
If the flag SEC$M_EXPREG is set and the /ALLOCATE qualifier was 
specified with the SYSMAN command RESERVED_MEMORY ADD for the 
memory-resident global section, the first free virtual address within 
the specified region is rounded up to the same virtual alignment as the 
physical alignment of the preallocated pages and used to map to the 
global section. Granularity hints are set appropriately for each 
process private page-table entry (PTE).
 
In general, if the flag SEC$M_EXPREG is clear, the virtual address in 
the start_va_64 argument is used to map to the global 
section.
 
If the flag SEC$M_EXPREG is clear and a memory-resident global section 
is being mapped, the value specified in the 
start_va_64 argument can determine if the mapping is 
possible and if granularity hints are used in the private page tables. 
If a shared page-table region is specified by the 
region_id_64 argument, the virtual address specified 
by the start_va_64 argument must be on an even 
CPU-specific page-table page boundary or an error is returned by this 
service. If the region_id_64 argument does not specify 
a shared page-table region and the /ALLOCATE qualifier was specified 
with the SYSMAN command RESERVED_MEMORY ADD for this global section, 
granularity hints are used only if the virtual alignment of 
start_va_64 is appropriate for the use of granularity 
hints:
 
  - On Alpha systems, granularity hints mean multiples of pages, 
  regardless of page size. The multiples 8, 64, and 512 pages are 
  architected.
  
 - On Integrity server systems, OpenVMS initially supports page sizes 
  of 64KB, 256KB, and 4MB instead of granularity hints. Additional pages 
  sizes will be supported in the future.
  
Whenever granularity hints are being used within the mapping of a 
memory-resident global section, if the length_64 
argument is not an exact multiple of the alignment factor, lower 
granularity hints factors are used as appropriate at the higher 
addressed portion of the global section. If the 
section_offset_64 argument is specified, a lower 
granularity hint factor can be used throughout the mapping of the 
global section to match the physical alignment of the first page mapped.
 
If the condition value SS$_ACCVIO is returned by this service, a value 
cannot be returned in the memory locations pointed to by the 
return_va_64 and return_length_64 
arguments.
 
If a condition value other than SS$_ACCVIO is returned, the returned 
address and returned length indicate the pages that were successfully 
mapped before the error occurred. If no pages were mapped, the 
return_va_64 argument contains the value --1.
 
Required Privileges
 
 
None
 
Required Quota
 
 
If private page tables are used to map to the global section, the 
working set limit quota (WSQUOTA) of the process must be sufficient to 
accommodate the increased size of the process page tables required by 
the increase in virtual address space when the section is mapped.
 
If private page tables are used to map to a memory-resident global 
section, the pagefile quota (PGFLQUOTA) of the process must be 
sufficient to accommodate the increased size of the process page tables 
required by the increase in virtual address space.
 
If the process is mapping to a global copy-on-reference section, the 
pagefile quota (PGFLQUOTA) of the process must be sufficient to 
accommodate the increased size of the virtual address space.
 
Related Services
 
 
$CREATE_GDZRO, $CREATE_GFILE, $CREATE_GPFILE, $CREATE_REGION_64, 
$CRMPSC_GDZRO_64, $CRMPSC_GFILE_64, $CRMPSC_GPFILE_64, 
$DELETE_REGION_64, $DELTVA_64, $LCKPAG_64, $LKWSET_64, $MGBLSC, 
$MGBLSC_GPFN_64, $PURGE_WS, $ULKPAG_64, $ULWSET_64, $UPDSEC_64, 
$UPDSEC_64W
  
 
Condition Values Returned
  
    | 
      SS$_NORMAL
     | 
    
      The service completed successfully.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SS$_ACCVIO
     | 
    
      The
      gs_name_64 argument cannot be read by the caller, or 
      the
      return_va_64 argument or the
      return_length_64 argument cannot be written by the 
      caller.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SS$_EXPGFLQUOTA
     | 
    
      The process's page file quota is not large enough to accommodate the 
      increased virtual address space.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SS$_GBLSEC_MISMATCH
     | 
    
      Global section type mismatch. The specified global section was found; 
      however, it is not a global disk-file, page-file, or demand-zero 
      section.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SS$_INSFWSL
     | 
    
      The process's working set limit is not large enough to accommodate the 
      increased virtual address space.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SS$_IVACMODE
     | 
    
      The specified access mode is greater than PSL$_USER or the caller's 
      mode is less privileged than the create mode associated with the 
      region. Or, if a shared page table region is specified by the
      region_id_64 argument, the acmode argument does not 
      match the access mode of the shared PTEs.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SS$_IVLOGNAM
     | 
    
      The specified global section name has a length of 0 or has more than 43 
      characters.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SS$_IVREGID
     | 
    
      An invalid region ID was specified.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SS$_IVSECFLG
     | 
    
      An invalid flag, a reserved flag, or an invalid combination of flags 
      was specified.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SS$_IVSECIDCTL
     | 
    
      The match control field of the global section identification is invalid.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SS$_LEN_NOTBLKMULT
     | 
    
      The
      length_64 argument is not a multiple of virtual disk 
      blocks if a map to a global section was requested (SEC$M_PAGFIL is 
      clear in the flags argument).
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SS$_LEN_NOTPAGMULT
     | 
    
      The
      length_64 argument is not a multiple of CPU-specific 
      pages and a map to a global page file section was requested.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SS$_NOSHPTS
     | 
    
      The region ID of a shared page-table region was specified, and a gobal 
      section was specified that is not a memory-resident demand-zero section.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SS$_NOSHPTS
     | 
    
      The region ID of a shared page table region was specified.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SS$_NOSUCHSEC
     | 
    
      The specified global section does not exist.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SS$_OFF_NOTPAGALGN
     | 
    
      The
      section_offset_64 argument is not CPU-specific page 
      aligned if a map to a global page-file or demand-zero section is 
      requested. Or, if a shared page table region is specified by the
      region_id_64 argument, the
      section_offset_64 argument is not CPU-specific 
      page-table page aligned.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SS$_OFFSET_TOO_BIG
     | 
    
      The
      section_offset_64 argument specified is beyond the 
      logical end-of-file.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SS$_PAGNOTINREG
     | 
    
      A page in the specified input address range is not within the specified 
      region.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SS$_PAGOWNVIO
     | 
    
      A page in the specified input address range already exists and cannot 
      be deleted because it is owned by a more privileged access mode.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SS$_PROTVIO
     | 
    
      The file protection mask specified when the global section was created 
      prohibits the type of access requested by the caller.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SS$_REGISFULL
     | 
    
      The specified virtual region is full; no space is available in the 
      region for the pages created to contain the mapped section.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SS$_SECREFOVF
     | 
    
      The maximum number of references for a global section has been reached 
      (2,147,483,647).
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SS$_SECTBLFUL
     | 
    
      There are no entries available in the system global section table.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SS$_TOOMANYLNAM
     | 
    
      The logical name translation of the
      gs_name_64 argument exceeded the allowed depth of 10.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SS$_VA_IN_USE
     | 
    
      A page in the specified input address range is already mapped and the 
      flag SEC$M_NO_OVERMAP is set, or a page in the specified input address 
      range is in another region, in system space, or inaccessible; or, the 
      existing underlying page cannot be deleted because it is associated 
      with a buffer object.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SS$_VA_NOTPAGALGN
     | 
    
      The
      start_va_64 argument is not CPU-specific page aligned. 
      Or, if a shared page table region is specified by the
      region_id_64 argument, the
      start_va_64 argument is not CPU-specific page-table 
      page aligned.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SS$_NOWRTACC
     | 
    
      The specified global section is not copy-on-reference and does not 
      allow write access.
     | 
   
 
 
 
$MGBLSC_GPFN_64 (Alpha and Integrity servers)
 
On Alpha and Integrity server systems, establishes a correspondence 
between pages in the virtual address space of the process and the pages 
occupied by a global page frame section.
This service accepts 64-bit addresses.
  
 
Format
SYS$MGBLSC_GPFN_64 gs_name_64 ,ident_64 ,region_id_64 ,relative_page 
,page_count ,acmode ,flags ,return_va_64 ,return_length_64 
[,start_va_64]
  
 
C Prototype
int sys$mgblsc_gpfn_64 (void *gsdnam_64, struct _secid *ident_64, 
struct _generic_64 *region_id_64, unsigned int relative_page, unsigned 
int page_count, unsigned int acmode, unsigned int flags, void 
*(*(return_va_64)), unsigned __int64 *return_length_64,...);
  
 
Arguments
gs_name_64
 
  
    | OpenVMS usage: | 
    section_name | 
   
  
    | type: | 
    character-coded text string | 
   
  
    | access: | 
    read only | 
   
  
    | mechanism:  | 
    by 32- or 64-bit descriptor--fixed-length string 
    descriptor | 
   
 
 
Name of the global section. The gs_name argument is 
the 32- or 64-bit virtual address of a naturally aligned 32-bit or 
64-bit descriptor pointing to this name string.
You can specify any name from 1 to 43 characters. All processes mapping 
to the same global section must specify the same name. Note that the 
name is case sensitive.
 
Use of characters valid in logical names is strongly encouraged. Valid 
values include alphanumeric characters, the dollar sign ($), and the 
underscore (_). If the name string begins with an underscore (_), the 
underscore is stripped and the resultant string is considered to be the 
actual name. Use of the colon (:) is not permitted.
 
Names are first subject to a logical name translation, after the 
application of the prefix GBL$ to the name. If the result translates, 
it is used as the name of the section. If the resulting name does not 
translate, the name specified by the caller is used as the name of the 
section.
 
Additional information on logical name translations and on section name 
processing is available in the HP OpenVMS Programming Concepts Manual.
 ident_64
 
  
    | OpenVMS usage: | 
    section_id | 
   
  
    | type: | 
    quadword (unsigned) | 
   
  
    | access: | 
    read only | 
   
  
    | mechanism:  | 
    by 32- or 64-bit reference | 
   
 
 
Identification value specifying the version number of a global section. 
The ident_64 argument is a quadword containing three 
fields. The ident_64 argument is the 32- or 64-bit 
virtual address of a naturally aligned quadword that contains the 
identification value.
The first longword specifies the matching criteria in its low-order two 
bits. The valid values, symbolic names by which they can be specified, 
and their meanings are as follows:
 
  
    | Value  | 
    Symbolic Name  | 
    Match Criteria  | 
   
  
    | 
      0
     | 
    
      SEC$K_MATALL
     | 
    
      Match all versions of the section.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      1
     | 
    
      SEC$K_MATEQU
     | 
    
      Match only if major and minor identifications match.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      2
     | 
    
      SEC$K_MATLEQ
     | 
    
      Match if the major identifications are equal and the minor 
      identification of the mapper is less than or equal to the minor 
      identification of the global section.
     | 
   
 
If you specify the ident_64 argument as 0, the version 
number and match control fields default to 0.
 
The version number is in the second longword. The version number 
contains two fields: a minor identification in the low-order 24 bits 
and a major identification in the high-order 8 bits. You can assign 
values for these fields by installation convention to differentiate 
versions of global sections. If no version number is specified when a 
section is created, processes that specify a version number when 
mapping cannot access the global section.
 region_id_64
 
  
    | OpenVMS usage: | 
    region identifier | 
   
  
    | type: | 
    quadword (unsigned) | 
   
  
    | access: | 
    read only | 
   
  
    | mechanism:  | 
    by 32- or 64-bit reference | 
   
 
 
The region ID associated with the region to map the private page frame 
section. The file VADEF.H in SYS$STARLET_C.TLB and the $VADEF macro in 
STARLET.MLB define a symbolic name for each of the three default 
regions in P0, P1, and P2 space.
The following region IDs are defined:
 
  
    | Symbol  | 
    Region  | 
   
  
    | 
      VA$C_P0
     | 
    
      Program region
     | 
   
  
    | 
      VA$C_P1
     | 
    
      Control region
     | 
   
  
    | 
      VA$C_P2
     | 
    
      64-bit program region
     | 
   
 
Other region IDs, as returned by the $CREATE_REGION_64 service, can be 
specified.
 relative_page
 
  
    | OpenVMS usage: | 
    CPU-specific page count | 
   
  
    | type: | 
    longword (unsigned) | 
   
  
    | access: | 
    read only | 
   
  
    | mechanism:  | 
    by value | 
   
 
 
Relative CPU-specific page number within the global section to start 
mapping.
page_count
 
  
    | OpenVMS usage: | 
    CPU-specific page count | 
   
  
    | type: | 
    longword (unsigned) on Alpha, quadword (unsigned) on 
    Integrity servers | 
   
  
    | access: | 
    read only | 
   
  
    | mechanism:  | 
    by value | 
   
 
 
Length of mapping in CPU-specific pages. If zero is specified, the 
global page frame section is mapped to the end of the section.
acmode
 
  
    | OpenVMS usage: | 
    access-mode | 
   
  
    | type: | 
    longword (unsigned) | 
   
  
    | access: | 
    read only | 
   
  
    | mechanism:  | 
    by value | 
   
 
 
Access mode to be associated with the pages mapped into the process 
virtual address space. The acmode argument is a 
longword containing the access mode. The $PSLDEF macro defines symbols 
for the four access modes.
The most privileged access mode used is the access mode of the caller. 
Address space cannot be created within a region that has a create mode 
associated with it that is more privileged than the caller's mode. The 
condition value SS$_IVACMODE is returned if the caller is less 
privileged than the create mode for the region.
 flags
 
  
    | OpenVMS usage: | 
    mask_longword | 
   
  
    | type: | 
    longword (unsigned) | 
   
  
    | access: | 
    read only | 
   
  
    | mechanism:  | 
    by value | 
   
 
 
Flag mask specifying options for the operation. The 
flags argument is a longword bit vector in which each 
bit corresponds to a flag. The $SECDEF macro and the SECDEF.H file 
define a symbolic name for each flag. You construct the 
flags argument by performing a logical OR operation on 
the symbol names for all desired flags.
The following table describes each flag that is valid for the 
$MGBLSC_GPFN_64 service:
 
  
    | Flag  | 
    Description  | 
   
  
    | 
      SEC$M_ARGS64
     | 
    
      Indicates that all parameters, specifically
      start_pfn and
      page_count, are passed as 64-bit numbers. This flag is 
      ignored on OpenVMS Alpha but must be set on Integrity server systems. 
      If the flag is not set on Integrity servers, the error code 
      SS$_IVSECFLG is returned.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SEC$M_GBL
     | 
    
      Pages form a global section. By default, this flag is always present in 
      this service and cannot be disabled.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SEC$M_EXPREG
     | 
    
      Map the section into the first available space at the current end of 
      the specified region. If this flag is specified, the
      start_va_64 argument is not used.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SEC$M_PERM
     | 
    
      Pages are permanent. By default, this flag is always present in this 
      service and cannot be disabled.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SEC$M_PFNMAP
     | 
    
      Pages form a page frame section. By default, this flag is always 
      present in this service and cannot be disabled.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SEC$M_PAGFIL
     | 
    
      Pages form a global page-file section. SEC$M_PAGFIL also implies 
      SEC$M_WRT and SEC$M_DZRO.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SEC$M_SYSGBL
     | 
    
      Map a system global section. By default, the section is a group global 
      section.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SEC$M_UNCACHED
     | 
    
      Flag accepted but ignored on Integrity server systems. The 
      cached/uncached characteristic is stored as a section attribute, and 
      the system uses this attribute when the section is mapped. Refer to 
      this flag in the documentation of the SYS$CREATE_GPFN system service.
     | 
   
  
    | 
      SEC$M_WRT
     | 
    
      Map the section with read/write access. By default, the section is 
      mapped with read-only access. If SEC$M_WRT is specified, write access 
      is required.
     | 
   
 
 
  
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