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.Dd June 15, 1996
.Dt VSLOCK 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm vslock ,
.Nm vsunlock
.Nd lock/unlock user space addresses in memory
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sys/param.h
.In sys/proc.h
.In vm/vm.h
.In vm/vm_extern.h
.Ft void
.Fn vslock "void *addr" "u_int len"
.Ft void
.Fn vsunlock "void *addr" "u_int len"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn vslock
and
.Fn vsunlock
functions respectively lock and unlock a range of
addresses belonging to the currently running process into memory.
The actual amount of memory locked is a multiple of the machine's page size.
The starting page number is computed by truncating
.Fa addr
to the nearest preceding page boundary, and by rounding up
.Fa addr +
.Fa len
to the next page boundary.
The process context to use for this operation is taken from the
global variable
.Va curproc .
.Pp
.\" .Sh SEE ALSO
.\" .Xr physio 9
.Sh BUGS
The process pointer should be passed in as an argument.