suse man page for remap_vmalloc_range

Query: remap_vmalloc_range

OS: suse

Section: 9

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REMAP_VMALLOC_RANGE(9)					    Memory Management in Linux					    REMAP_VMALLOC_RANGE(9)

NAME
remap_vmalloc_range - map vmalloc pages to userspace
SYNOPSIS
int remap_vmalloc_range(struct vm_area_struct * vma, void * addr, unsigned long pgoff);
ARGUMENTS
vma vma to cover (map full range of vma) addr vmalloc memory pgoff number of pages into addr before first page to map
RETURNS
0 for success, -Exxx on failure This function checks that addr is a valid vmalloc'ed area, and that it is big enough to cover the vma. Will return failure if that criteria isn't met. Similar to remap_pfn_range (see mm/memory.c)
COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6. July 2010 REMAP_VMALLOC_RANGE(9)
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