89 lines
2.9 KiB
Groff
89 lines
2.9 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" @(#)mincore.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
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.\" $Id: mincore.2,v 1.11 1998/06/04 21:05:45 steve Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd June 9, 1993
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.Dt MINCORE 2
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm mincore
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.Nd get advice about use of memory
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
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.Fd #include <sys/mman.h>
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.Ft int
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.Fn mincore "const void *addr" "size_t len" "char *vec"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn mincore
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system call
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allows a process to obtain information about whether pages are
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core resident.
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Here the current core residency of the pages is returned
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in the character array
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.Fa vec ,
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with a value of 1 meaning
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that the page is in-core.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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Upon successful completion,
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.Fn mincore
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returns 0 and
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.Fa vec
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is updated to reflect the page status. Otherwise a value of -1
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is returned and
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.Va error
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is set to indicate the error.
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.Sh ERRORS
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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The virtial address range specified by the
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.Fa addr
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and
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.Fa len
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arguments is not valid.
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.It Bq Er EFAULT
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The
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.Fa vec
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argument points to an illegal address.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr madvise 2 ,
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.Xr mprotect 2 ,
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.Xr msync 2 ,
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.Xr munmap 2
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn mincore
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function first appeared in
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.Bx 4.4 .
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