netbsd man page for munmap

Query: munmap

OS: netbsd

Section: 2

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MUNMAP(2)						      BSD System Calls Manual							 MUNMAP(2)

NAME
munmap -- remove a mapping
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/mman.h> int munmap(void *addr, size_t len);
DESCRIPTION
The munmap() system call deletes the mappings for the specified address range, and causes further references to addresses within the range to generate invalid memory references.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, munmap returns zero. Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
munmap() will fail if: [EINVAL] The addr parameter was not page aligned, the len parameter was negative, or some part of the region being unmapped is out- side the valid address range for a process.
SEE ALSO
madvise(2), mincore(2), mlock(2), mmap(2), mprotect(2), msync(2), getpagesize(3)
STANDARDS
The munmap() function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1b-1993 (``POSIX.1'').
HISTORY
The munmap() function first appeared in 4.4BSD.
BSD
May 27, 1994 BSD
Related Man Pages
munmap(2) - freebsd
munmap(2) - mojave
munmap(2) - opendarwin
munmap(2) - osf1
munmap(2) - osx
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