vm_map_madvise(9)

NAME

vm_map_madvise - apply advice about use of memory to map en

tries

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/param.h>
#include <vm/vm.h>
#include <vm/vm_map.h>
int
vm_map_madvise(vm_map_t  map, vm_offset_t start, vm_offset_t
end,
        int behav);

DESCRIPTION

The vm_map_madvise() function applies the flags behav to the

entries
within map between start and end.

Advisories are classified as either those affecting the

vm_map_entry
structure, or those affecting the underlying objects.

The vm_map_madvise() function is used by the madvise(2) sys

tem call.

RETURN VALUES

The vm_map_madvise() function returns 0 if successful. If

the behav
argument was not recognised, KERN_INVALID_ARGUMENT is re

turned.

SEE ALSO

madvise(2), vm_map(9)

AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Bruce M Simpson

<bms@spc.org>.

BSD July 19, 2003

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