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authorLasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org>2007-12-09 00:42:33 +0200
committerLasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org>2007-12-09 00:42:33 +0200
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+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+/// \file physmem.h
+/// \brief Get the amount of physical memory
+//
+// This code has been put into the public domain.
+//
+// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+//
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#ifndef PHYSMEM_H
+#define PHYSMEM_H
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+
+#ifdef HAVE_LIMITS_H
+# include <limits.h>
+#endif
+
+#if defined(HAVE_PHYSMEM_SYSCTL) || defined(HAVE_NCPU_SYSCTL)
+# ifdef HAVE_SYS_PARAM_H
+# include <sys/param.h>
+# endif
+# ifdef HAVE_SYS_SYSCTL_H
+# include <sys/sysctl.h>
+# endif
+#endif
+
+
+/// \brief Get the amount of physical memory in bytes
+///
+/// \return Amount of physical memory in bytes. On error, zero is
+/// returned.
+static inline uint64_t
+physmem(void)
+{
+ uint64_t ret = 0;
+
+#if defined(HAVE_PHYSMEM_SYSCONF)
+ const long pagesize = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
+ const long pages = sysconf(_SC_PHYS_PAGES);
+ if (pagesize != -1 || pages != -1)
+ // According to docs, pagesize * pages can overflow.
+ // Simple case is 32-bit box with 4 GiB or more RAM,
+ // which may report exactly 4 GiB of RAM, and "long"
+ // being 32-bit will overflow. Casting to uint64_t
+ // hopefully avoids overflows in the near future.
+ ret = (uint64_t)(pagesize) * (uint64_t)(pages);
+
+#elif defined(HAVE_PHYSMEM_SYSCTL)
+ int name[2] = { CTL_HW, HW_PHYSMEM };
+ unsigned long mem;
+ size_t mem_ptr_size = sizeof(mem);
+ if (!sysctl(name, 2, &mem, &mem_ptr_size, NULL, NULL)) {
+ // Some systems use unsigned int as the "return value".
+ // This makes a difference on 64-bit boxes.
+ if (mem_ptr_size != sizeof(mem)) {
+ if (mem_ptr_size == sizeof(unsigned int))
+ ret = *(unsigned int *)(&mem);
+ } else {
+ ret = mem;
+ }
+ }
+#endif
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+#endif