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26.Dd July 19, 2003
27.Dt VM_MAP_DELETE 9
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm vm_map_delete
31.Nd deallocate an address range from a map
32.Sh SYNOPSIS
33.In sys/param.h
34.In vm/vm.h
35.In vm/vm_map.h
36.Ft int
37.Fn vm_map_delete "vm_map_t map" "vm_offset_t start" "vm_offset_t end"
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Fn vm_map_delete
41function deallocates the address range bounded by
42.Fa start
43and
44.Fa end
45from the
46.Fa map .
47.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
48This function is for
49.Fx
50VM internal use only.
51The
52.Xr vm_map_remove 9
53function should be called by
54.Fx
55VM consumers instead.
56.Sh RETURN VALUES
57The
58.Fn vm_map_delete
59function always returns
60.Dv KERN_SUCCESS .
61.Sh SEE ALSO
62.Xr vm_map 9 ,
63.Xr vm_map_remove 9
64.Sh AUTHORS
65This manual page was written by
66.An Bruce M Simpson Aq Mt bms@spc.org .
67