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-rw-r--r--bolt_unix.go14
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diff --git a/bolt_unix.go b/bolt_unix.go
index 266222a..17ca318 100644
--- a/bolt_unix.go
+++ b/bolt_unix.go
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ func mmap(db *DB, sz int) error {
return err
}
+ // Advise the kernel that the mmap is accessed randomly.
+ if err := madvise(b, syscall.MADV_RANDOM); err != nil {
+ return fmt.Errorf("madvise: %s", err)
+ }
+
// Save the original byte slice and convert to a byte array pointer.
db.dataref = b
db.data = (*[maxMapSize]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&b[0]))
@@ -84,3 +89,12 @@ func munmap(db *DB) error {
db.datasz = 0
return err
}
+
+// NOTE: This function is copied from stdlib because it is not available on darwin.
+func madvise(b []byte, advice int) (err error) {
+ _, _, e1 := syscall.Syscall(syscall.SYS_MADVISE, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&b[0])), uintptr(len(b)), uintptr(advice))
+ if e1 != 0 {
+ err = e1
+ }
+ return
+}