freebsd-skq/share/man/man9/vm_page_lookup.9
alfred 8ca85b43c8 Document some of the kernel vm_page API as well as the pbuf API.
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2001-07-18 06:09:13 +00:00

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.Dd July 13, 2001
.Dt VM_PAGE_LOOKUP 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm vm_page_lookup
.Nd "lookup a vm page"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sys/param.h
.In vm/vm.h
.In vm/vm_page.h
.Ft vm_page_t
.Fn vm_page_lookup "vm_object_t object" "vm_pindex_t pindex"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn vm_page_lookup
function searches for a VM page given its VM object and index.
If the page is not found,
.Dv NULL
is returned.
Its arguments are:
.Bl -tag -width ".Fa object"
.It Fa object
The VM object to search on.
.It Fa pindex
The page index to search on.
.El
.Sh RETURN VALUES
A
.Vt vm_page_t
is returned if successful; otherwise,
.Dv NULL
is returned.
.Sh AUTHORS
This man page was written by
.An Chad David Aq davidc@acns.ab.ca .