1 files changed, 21 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/base/test_file_util_mac.cc b/base/test_file_util_mac.cc
index 4df71a5..05e57c4 100644
--- a/base/test_file_util_mac.cc
+++ b/base/test_file_util_mac.cc
@@ -4,14 +4,32 @@
 
 #include "base/test_file_util.h"
 
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include "base/logging.h"
+#include "base/file_util.h"
 
 namespace file_util {
 
 bool EvictFileFromSystemCache(const FilePath& file) {
-  // There is no way that we can think of to dump something from the UBC.  You
-  // can add something so when you open it, it doesn't go in, but that won't
-  // work here.
+  // There aren't any really direct ways to purge a file from the UBC.  From
+  // talking with Amit Singh, the safest is to mmap the file with MAP_FILE (the
+  // default) + MAP_SHARED, then do an msync to invalidate the memory.  The next
+  // open should then have to load the file from disk.
+
+  file_util::MemoryMappedFile mapped_file;
+  if (!mapped_file.Initialize(file)) {
+    DLOG(WARNING) << "failed to memory map " << file.value();
+    return false;
+  }
+  
+  if (msync(const_cast<uint8*>(mapped_file.data()), mapped_file.length(),
+            MS_INVALIDATE) != 0) {
+    DLOG(WARNING) << "failed to invalidate memory map of " << file.value() 
+        << ", errno: " << errno;
+    return false;
+  }
+  
   return true;
 }