Function nix::sys::mman::mprotect

pub unsafe fn mprotect(
    addr: *mut c_void, 
    length: size_t, 
    prot: ProtFlags
) -> Result<()>

Set protection of memory mapping.

See mprotect(3) for details.

Safety

Calls to mprotect are inherently unsafe, as changes to memory protections can lead to SIGSEGVs.

const ONE_K: size_t = 1024;
let mut slice: &mut [u8] = unsafe {
    let mem = mmap(ptr::null_mut(), ONE_K, ProtFlags::PROT_NONE,
                   MapFlags::MAP_ANON | MapFlags::MAP_PRIVATE, -1, 0).unwrap();
    mprotect(mem, ONE_K, ProtFlags::PROT_READ | ProtFlags::PROT_WRITE).unwrap();
    std::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(mem as *mut u8, ONE_K)
};
assert_eq!(slice[0], 0x00);
slice[0] = 0xFF;
assert_eq!(slice[0], 0xFF);