suse man page for vmtruncate

Query: vmtruncate

OS: suse

Section: 9

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VMTRUNCATE(9)						    Memory Management in Linux						     VMTRUNCATE(9)

NAME
vmtruncate - unmap mappings "freed" by truncate syscall
SYNOPSIS
int vmtruncate(struct inode * inode, loff_t offset);
ARGUMENTS
inode inode of the file used offset file offset to start truncating
DESCRIPTION
NOTE! We have to be ready to update the memory sharing between the file and the memory map for a potential last incomplete page. Ugly, but necessary.
COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6. July 2010 VMTRUNCATE(9)
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