vm_map_remove(9)

vm_map_remove9

Remove a virtual address range from a map

Usage

#include <sys/param.h>

#include <vm/vm.h>

#include <vm/vm_map.h>

int

vm_map_remove(vm_map_t map, vm_offset_t start, vm_offset_t end);

Overview

The vm_map_remove() function removes the given address range bounded by start and end from the target map.

Implementation notes

This is the exported form of vm_map_delete(9) which may be called by consumers of the VM subsystem.

The function calls vm_map_lock(9) to hold a lock on map for the duration of the function call.

Return values

The vm_map_remove() always returns KERN_SUCCESS.

Authors

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

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