pmap_page_exists_quick(9)

NAME

pmap_page_exists_quick - determine if a page exists in a
physical map

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/param.h>
#include <vm/vm.h>
#include <vm/pmap.h>
boolean_t
pmap_page_exists_quick(pmap_t pmap, vm_page_t m);

DESCRIPTION

The pmap_page_exists_quick() function is used to quickly de
termine if the
page m exists in the physical map pmap. It is typically
called from the
VM paging code.

IMPLEMENTATION NOTES

The PV count used above may be changed upwards or downwards
in future; it
is only necessary that TRUE be returned for a small subset
of pmaps for
proper page aging.

RETURN VALUES

The pmap_page_exists_quick() returns TRUE only if the PV en
try for the
physical map pmap is one of the first 16 PVs linked from the
page m.

SEE ALSO

pmap(9)

AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Bruce M Simpson
<bms@spc.org>.
BSD July 21, 2003
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