opensolaris man page for ddi_umem_unlock

ddi_umem_lock(9F)					   Kernel Functions for Drivers 					 ddi_umem_lock(9F)

NAME
       ddi_umem_lock, ddi_umem_unlock - lock and unlock memory pages

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/ddi.h>
       #include <sys/sunddi.h>

       int ddi_umem_lock(caddr_t addr, size_t len, int flags,
	    ddi_umem_cookie_t *cookiep);

       void ddi_umem_unlock(ddi_umem_cookie_t cookie);

INTERFACE LEVEL
       Solaris DDI specific (Solaris DDI)

PARAMETERS
   ddi_umem_lock
       addr	  Virtual address of memory object

       len	  Length of memory object in bytes

       flags	  Valid flags include:

		  DDI_UMEMLOCK_READ    Memory pages are locked to be read from. (Disk write or a network send.)

		  DDI_UMEMLOCK_WRITE	Memory pages are locked to be written to. (Disk read or a network receive.)

       cookiep	  Pointer to a kernel memory cookie.

   ddi_umem_unlock
       cookie	 Kernel memory cookie allocated by ddi_umem_lock().

DESCRIPTION
       The  ddi_umem_lock()  function  locks down the physical pages (including I/O pages) that correspond to the current process' virtual address
       range [addr, addr + size) and fills in a cookie representing the locked pages. This cookie can be used to create a buf(9S)  structure  that
       can  be	used  to  perform  I/O	(see ddi_umem_iosetup(9F) and ddi_dma_buf_bind_handle(9F), or it can be used with devmap_umem_setup(9F) to
       export the memory to an application.

       The virtual address and length specified must be at a page boundary and the mapping performed in terms of the system page size.	See  page-
       size(1).

       The  flags  argument  indicates the intended use of the locked memory. Set flags to DDI_UMEMLOCK_READ if the memory pages will be read (for
       example, in a disk write or a network send.) Set flags to DDI_UMEMLOCK_WRITE if the memory pages will be written (for example,  in  a  disk
       read or a network receive). You must choose one (and only one) of these values.

       To unlock the locked pages, the drivers call ddi_umem_unlock(9F) with the cookie obtained from ddi_umem_lock().

       The process is not allowed to exec(2) or fork(2) while its physical pages are locked down by the device driver.

       The device driver must ensure that the physical pages have been unlocked after the application has called close(2).

RETURN VALUES
       On success, a 0 is returned. Otherwise, one of the following errno values is returned.

       EFAULT	 User process has no mapping at that address range or does not support locking

       EACCES	 User process does not have the required permission.

       ENOMEM	 The  system  does not have sufficient resources to lock memory, or locking len memory would exceed a limit or resource control on
		 locked memory.

       EAGAIN	 Could not allocate system resources required to lock the pages. The ddi_umem_lock() could succeed at a later time.

       EINVAL	 Requested memory is not aligned on a system page boundary.

CONTEXT
       The ddi_umem_lock() function can only be called from user context; ddi_umem_unlock() from user, kernel, and interrupt contexts.

SEE ALSO
       ddi_umem_iosetup(9F), ddi_dma_buf_bind_handle(9F), devmap_umem_setup(9F), ddi_umem_alloc(9F)

NOTES
       The ddi_umem_unlock() function consumes physical memory. The driver is responsible for a speedy unlock to free up the resources.

       The ddi_umem_unlock() function can defer unlocking of the pages to a later time depending on the implementation.

SunOS 5.11							    10 Apr 2007 						 ddi_umem_lock(9F)