pmap_zero_area(9)

pmap_zero_area9

Zero-fill a page using machine-dependent optimizations

Usage

#include <sys/param.h>

#include <vm/vm.h>

#include <vm/pmap.h>

void

pmap_zero_page(vm_page_t m);

void

pmap_zero_page_area(vm_page_t m, int off, int size);

Overview

The pmap_zero_page() function zero-fills an entire page using machine-dependent optimizations. The pmap_zero_page_area() function is used to zero-fill an area of a page. The range specified must not cross a page boundary; it must be contained entirely within a single page.

Implementation notes

This function is required to be implemented for each architecture supported by FreeBSD.

Releases

54 releases since FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE; the text changed 33 times.

  1. 5.2–5.2.1
  2. 5.3–6.3
  3. 6.4
  4. 7.0
  5. 7.1
  6. 7.2
  7. 7.3
  8. 7.4
  9. 8.0
  10. 8.1
  11. 8.2
  12. 8.3
  13. 8.4
  14. 9.0
  15. 9.1
  16. 9.2
  17. 9.3
  18. 10.0
  19. 10.1
  20. 10.2
  21. 10.3
  22. 10.4
  23. 11.0
  24. 11.1
  25. 11.2
  26. 11.3
  27. 11.4
  28. 12.0
  29. 12.1
  30. 12.2
  31. 12.3
  32. 12.4
  33. 13.0–13.2
  34. 13.3–16.0

Authors

This manual page was written by Bruce M Simpson ⟨[email protected]⟩.

From base 16.0-CURRENT-20261027-61c70dc16a79 in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.