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/*
 *      File:   mach/vm_prot.h
 *      Author: Avadis Tevanian, Jr., Michael Wayne Young
 *
 *      Virtual memory protection definitions.
 *
 */
 
#ifndef _MACH_VM_PROT_H_
#define _MACH_VM_PROT_H_
 
/*
 *      Types defined:
 *
 *      vm_prot_t               VM protection values.
 */
 
typedef int             vm_prot_t;
 
/*
 *      Protection values, defined as bits within the vm_prot_t type
 */
 
#define VM_PROT_NONE    ((vm_prot_t) 0x00)
 
#define VM_PROT_READ    ((vm_prot_t) 0x01)      /* read permission */
#define VM_PROT_WRITE   ((vm_prot_t) 0x02)      /* write permission */
#define VM_PROT_EXECUTE ((vm_prot_t) 0x04)      /* execute permission */
 
/*
 *      The default protection for newly-created virtual memory
 */
 
#define VM_PROT_DEFAULT (VM_PROT_READ|VM_PROT_WRITE)
 
/*
 *      The maximum privileges possible, for parameter checking.
 */
 
#define VM_PROT_ALL     (VM_PROT_READ|VM_PROT_WRITE|VM_PROT_EXECUTE)
 
/*
 *      An invalid protection value.
 *      Used only by memory_object_lock_request to indicate no change
 *      to page locks.  Using -1 here is a bad idea because it
 *      looks like VM_PROT_ALL and then some.
 */
 
#define VM_PROT_NO_CHANGE       ((vm_prot_t) 0x08)
 
/* 
 *      When a caller finds that he cannot obtain write permission on a
 *      mapped entry, the following flag can be used.  The entry will
 *      be made "needs copy" effectively copying the object (using COW),
 *      and write permission will be added to the maximum protections
 *      for the associated entry. 
 */        
 
#define VM_PROT_COPY            ((vm_prot_t) 0x10)
 
 
/*
 *      Another invalid protection value.
 *      Used only by memory_object_data_request upon an object
 *      which has specified a copy_call copy strategy. It is used
 *      when the kernel wants a page belonging to a copy of the
 *      object, and is only asking the object as a result of
 *      following a shadow chain. This solves the race between pages
 *      being pushed up by the memory manager and the kernel
 *      walking down the shadow chain.
 */
 
#define VM_PROT_WANTS_COPY      ((vm_prot_t) 0x10)
 
#ifdef PRIVATE
/*
 *      The caller wants this memory region treated as if it had a valid
 *      code signature.
 */
 
#define VM_PROT_TRUSTED         ((vm_prot_t) 0x20)
#endif /* PRIVATE */
 
/*
 *      Another invalid protection value.
 *      Indicates that the other protection bits are to be applied as a mask
 *      against the actual protection bits of the map entry.
 */
#define VM_PROT_IS_MASK         ((vm_prot_t) 0x40)
 
/*
 * Another invalid protection value to support execute-only protection.
 * VM_PROT_STRIP_READ is a special marker that tells mprotect to not
 * set VM_PROT_READ. We have to do it this way because existing code
 * expects the system to set VM_PROT_READ if VM_PROT_EXECUTE is set.
 * VM_PROT_EXECUTE_ONLY is just a convenience value to indicate that
 * the memory should be executable and explicitly not readable. It will
 * be ignored on platforms that do not support this type of protection.
 */
#define VM_PROT_STRIP_READ              ((vm_prot_t) 0x80)
#define VM_PROT_EXECUTE_ONLY    (VM_PROT_EXECUTE|VM_PROT_STRIP_READ)
 
#endif  /* _MACH_VM_PROT_H_ */