diff --git a/src/file/managed.rs b/src/file/managed.rs
index 0ebeb7a..e645d7c 100644
--- a/src/file/managed.rs
+++ b/src/file/managed.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,38 @@ impl Clone for ManagedFD {
     }
 }
 
+impl ManagedFD
+{
+    #[inline] 
+    pub const unsafe fn take_unchecked(fd: RawFd) -> Self
+    {
+	Self(UnmanagedFD::new_unchecked(fd))
+    }
+
+    #[inline] 
+    pub const fn take_raw(fd: RawFd) -> Self
+    {
+	assert!(fd>=0, "Invalid file descriptor");
+	unsafe {
+	    Self::take_unchecked(fd)
+	}
+    }
+
+    #[inline] 
+    pub const fn take(fd: UnmanagedFD) -> Self
+    {
+	Self(fd)
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn detach(self) -> UnmanagedFD
+    {
+	let v = self.0.clone();
+	std::mem::forget(self);
+	v
+    }
+}
+
 impl ops::Drop for ManagedFD
 {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
diff --git a/src/file/memory.rs b/src/file/memory.rs
index 8ab25df..2628ac1 100644
--- a/src/file/memory.rs
+++ b/src/file/memory.rs
@@ -4,17 +4,193 @@
 //! Huge-pages can also be used for this memory.
 use super::*;
 use libc::{
+    c_uint,
     memfd_create,
     MFD_CLOEXEC,
     MFD_HUGETLB,
+
+    ftruncate,
+};
+use std::{
+    ffi::CStr,
+    borrow::{
+	Borrow,
+	BorrowMut,
+    },
+    ops,
+};
+use hugetlb::{
+    MapHugeFlag,
+    HugePage,
+};
+
+static UNNAMED: &'static CStr = unsafe {
+    CStr::from_bytes_with_nul_unchecked(b"<unnamed memory file>\0")
 };
 
+const DEFAULT_FLAGS: c_uint = MFD_CLOEXEC;
+
+#[inline(always)]
+//XXX: Is the static bound required here?
+/// Create a raw, unmanaged, memory file with these flags and this name.
+///
+/// # Safety
+/// The reference obtained by `name` must not move as long as the `Ok()` result is alive.
+pub unsafe fn create_raw(name: impl AsRef<CStr>, flags: c_uint) -> io::Result<UnmanagedFD> 
+{
+    UnmanagedFD::new_raw(memfd_create(name.as_ref().as_ptr(), flags)).ok_or_else(|| io::Error::last_os_error())
+}
+
 /// A physical-memory backed file
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
 #[repr(transparent)]
 pub struct MemoryFile(ManagedFD);
 
+/// A named, physical-memory backed file
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
+pub struct NamedMemoryFile(Box<CStr>, MemoryFile);
+
+impl Borrow<MemoryFile> for NamedMemoryFile
+{
+    #[inline] 
+    fn borrow(&self) -> &MemoryFile {
+	&self.1
+    }
+}
+impl BorrowMut<MemoryFile> for NamedMemoryFile
+{
+    #[inline] 
+    fn borrow_mut(&mut self) -> &mut MemoryFile {
+	&mut self.1
+    }
+}
+impl ops::DerefMut for NamedMemoryFile
+{
+    fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target {
+	&mut self.1
+    }
+}
+impl ops::Deref for NamedMemoryFile
+{
+    type Target = MemoryFile;
+    #[inline] 
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+	&self.1
+    }
+}
+
 //TODO: impl `MemoryFile` (memfd_create() fd wrapper)
+impl MemoryFile
+{
+    /// Create a new, empty, memory file with no name and no flags.
+    pub fn new() -> io::Result<Self>
+    {
+	let managed = unsafe {
+	    match memfd_create(UNNAMED.as_ptr(), DEFAULT_FLAGS) {
+		-1 => return Err(io::Error::last_os_error()),
+		fd => ManagedFD::take_unchecked(fd),
+	    }
+	};
+	Ok(Self(managed))
+    }
+    #[inline] 
+    pub fn resize(&mut self, value: usize) -> io::Result<()>
+    {
+	if 0 == unsafe { ftruncate(self.as_raw_fd(), value.try_into().map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidData, e))?) } {
+	    Ok(())
+	} else {
+	    Err(io::Error::last_os_error())
+	}
+    }
+    
+    pub fn with_hugetlb(hugetlb: MapHugeFlag) -> io::Result<Self>
+    {
+	unsafe { create_raw(UNNAMED, DEFAULT_FLAGS | (hugetlb.get_mask() as c_uint)) }
+	.map(ManagedFD::take)
+	    .map(Self)
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_size(size: usize) -> io::Result<Self>
+    {
+	let mut this = Self(unsafe { create_raw(UNNAMED, DEFAULT_FLAGS) }.map(ManagedFD::take)?);
+	this.resize(size)?;
+	Ok(this)
+    }
+
+    #[inline] 
+    pub fn with_size_hugetlb(size: usize, hugetlb: MapHugeFlag) -> io::Result<Self>
+    {
+	let mut this = Self::with_hugetlb(hugetlb)?;
+	this.resize(size)?;
+	Ok(this)
+    }
+}
+
+fn alloc_cstring(string: &str) -> std::ffi::CString
+{
+    #[cold]
+    fn _contains_nul(mut bytes: Vec<u8>) -> std::ffi::CString
+    {
+	// SAFETY: We know this will only be called if byte `0` is in `bytes` (**before** the final element)
+	let len = unsafe {
+	    memchr::memchr(0, &bytes[..]).unwrap_unchecked()
+	};
+	bytes.truncate(len);
+	// SAFETY: We have truncated the vector to end on the *first* instance of the `0` byte in `bytes`.
+	unsafe {
+	    std::ffi::CString::from_vec_with_nul_unchecked(bytes)
+	}
+    }
+    let mut bytes = Vec::with_capacity(string.len()+1);
+    bytes.extend_from_slice(string.as_bytes());
+    bytes.push(0);
+    match std::ffi::CString::from_vec_with_nul(bytes) {
+	Ok(v) => v,
+	Err(cn) => {
+	    _contains_nul(cn.into_bytes())
+	}
+    }
+}
+
+impl NamedMemoryFile
+{
+    #[inline] 
+    pub fn new(name: impl AsRef<str>) -> io::Result<Self>
+    {
+	let name: Box<CStr> = alloc_cstring(name.as_ref()).into();
+	let managed = unsafe {
+	    match memfd_create(name.as_ptr(), DEFAULT_FLAGS) {
+		-1 => return Err(io::Error::last_os_error()),
+		fd => ManagedFD::take_unchecked(fd),
+	    }
+	};
+	Ok(Self(name, MemoryFile(managed)))
+    }
+
+     pub fn with_hugetlb(name: impl AsRef<str>, hugetlb: MapHugeFlag) -> io::Result<Self>
+    {
+	let name: Box<CStr> = alloc_cstring(name.as_ref()).into();
+	let memfd = MemoryFile(unsafe { create_raw(&name, DEFAULT_FLAGS | (hugetlb.get_mask() as c_uint)) }
+			       .map(ManagedFD::take)?);
+	Ok(Self(name, memfd))
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_size(name: impl AsRef<str>, size: usize) -> io::Result<Self>
+    {
+	let name: Box<CStr> = alloc_cstring(name.as_ref()).into();
+	let mut this = MemoryFile(unsafe { create_raw(&name, DEFAULT_FLAGS) }.map(ManagedFD::take)?);
+	this.resize(size)?;
+	Ok(Self(name, this))
+    }
+
+    #[inline] 
+    pub fn with_size_hugetlb(name: impl AsRef<str>, size: usize, hugetlb: MapHugeFlag) -> io::Result<Self>
+    {
+	let mut this = Self::with_hugetlb(name, hugetlb)?;
+	this.resize(size)?;
+	Ok(this)
+    }
+}
 
 impl AsRawFd for MemoryFile
 {
diff --git a/src/file/unmanaged.rs b/src/file/unmanaged.rs
index c94ae92..c6c7279 100644
--- a/src/file/unmanaged.rs
+++ b/src/file/unmanaged.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ impl UnmanagedFD {
 	Self(alias.as_raw_fd().into())
     }
 
+    #[inline]
+    pub const fn new_raw(raw: RawFd) -> Option<Self>
+    {
+	match NonNegativeI32::new(raw) {
+	    Some(x) => Some(Self(x)),
+	    None => None,
+	}
+    }
+
     #[inline] 
     pub(super) const fn new_or_panic(raw: RawFd) -> Self
     {
diff --git a/src/hugetlb.rs b/src/hugetlb.rs
index 6771bd0..fb06a6c 100644
--- a/src/hugetlb.rs
+++ b/src/hugetlb.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use std::{
     num::NonZeroUsize,
     fs,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
+    fmt, error,
 };
 use libc::{
     c_int,
@@ -20,6 +21,32 @@ pub const HUGEPAGE_LOCATION: &'static str = "/sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/";
 #[repr(transparent)]
 pub struct MapHugeFlag(c_int);
 
+/// Error for when `HugePage::compute_huge()` fails.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct HugePageCalcErr(());
+
+impl TryFrom<HugePage> for MapHugeFlag
+{
+    type Error = HugePageCalcErr;
+
+    #[inline] 
+    fn try_from(from: HugePage) -> Result<Self, Self::Error>
+    {
+	from.compute_huge().ok_or(HugePageCalcErr(()))
+    }
+}
+
+
+impl error::Error for HugePageCalcErr{}
+impl fmt::Display for HugePageCalcErr
+{
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result
+    {
+	f.write_str("Invalid huge-page specification")
+    }
+}
+
+
 impl Default for MapHugeFlag
 {
     #[inline]