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2.3 KiB
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78 lines
2.3 KiB
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.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org>
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd July 19, 2003
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.Dt VM_MAP_MADVISE 9
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm vm_map_madvise
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.Nd apply advice about use of memory to map entries
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/param.h
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.In vm/vm.h
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.In vm/vm_map.h
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.Ft int
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.Fo vm_map_madvise
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.Fa "vm_map_t map" "vm_offset_t start" "vm_offset_t end" "int behav"
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.Fc
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn vm_map_madvise
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function applies the flags
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.Fa behav
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to the entries within
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.Fa map
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between
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.Fa start
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and
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.Fa end .
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.Pp
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Advisories are classified as either those affecting the
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.Vt vm_map_entry
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structure, or those affecting the underlying objects.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn vm_map_madvise
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function is used by the
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.Xr madvise 2
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system call.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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The
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.Fn vm_map_madvise
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function returns 0 if successful.
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If the
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.Fa behav
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argument was not recognised,
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.Dv KERN_INVALID_ARGUMENT
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is returned.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr madvise 2 ,
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.Xr vm_map 9
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.Sh AUTHORS
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This manual page was written by
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.An Bruce M Simpson Aq Mt bms@spc.org .
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