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VM_MAP_MADVISE(9) | Kernel Developer's Manual | VM_MAP_MADVISE(9) |
NAME¶
vm_map_madvise
—
apply advice about use of memory to map entries
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <sys/param.h>
#include <vm/vm.h>
#include <vm/vm_map.h>
int
vm_map_madvise
(vm_map_t map,
vm_offset_t start, vm_offset_t
end, int behav);
DESCRIPTION¶
Thevm_map_madvise
() function applies the flags
behav to the entries within map
between start and end.
Advisories are classified as either those affecting the vm_map_entry structure, or those affecting the underlying objects.
The vm_map_madvise
() function is used by
the madvise(2) system call.
RETURN VALUES¶
Thevm_map_madvise
() function returns 0 if successful.
If the behav argument was not recognised,
KERN_INVALID_ARGUMENT
is returned.
SEE ALSO¶
madvise(2), vm_map(9)AUTHORS¶
This manual page was written by Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org>.July 19, 2003 | Linux 4.9.0-9-amd64 |