freebsd man page for vm_map_madvise

Query: vm_map_madvise

OS: freebsd

Section: 9

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VM_MAP_MADVISE(9)					   BSD 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
The vm_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
The vm_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>.
BSD
July 19, 2003 BSD
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