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withCopy

Creates a memory buffer with memory descriptor for that buffer.

Declaration

static OSPtr<IOBufferMemoryDescriptor> withCopy(task_t inTask, IOOptionBits options, vm_map_t sourceMap, mach_vm_address_t source, mach_vm_size_t size);

Parameters

  • inTask:

    The task the buffer will be allocated in.

  • options:

    Options for the allocation:

    kIODirectionOut, kIODirectionIn - set the direction of the I/O transfer.

    kIOMemoryPhysicallyContiguous - pass to request memory be physically contiguous. This option is heavily discouraged. The request may fail if memory is fragmented, may cause large amounts of paging activity, and may take a very long time to execute.

    kIOMemoryPageable - pass to request memory be non-wired - the default for kernel allocated memory is wired.

    kIOMemoryPurgeable - pass to request memory that may later have its purgeable state set with IOMemoryDescriptor::setPurgeable. Only supported for kIOMemoryPageable allocations.

    kIOMemoryKernelUserShared - pass to request memory that will be mapped into both the kernel and client applications.

    kIOMapInhibitCache - allocate memory with inhibited cache setting.

    kIOMapWriteThruCache - allocate memory with writethru cache setting.

    kIOMapCopybackCache - allocate memory with copyback cache setting.

    kIOMapWriteCombineCache - allocate memory with writecombined cache setting.

  • sourceMap:

    The memory map to copy from.

  • source:

    The address at which to start copying.

  • size:

    The number of bytes to copy.

Return Value

Returns an instance of class IOBufferMemoryDescriptor to be released by the caller, which will free the memory desriptor and associated buffer.

See Also

Creating a Memory Buffer Descriptor