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28.Dd July 19, 2003
29.Dt VM_MAP_INHERIT 9
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm vm_map_inherit
33.Nd set fork inheritance flags for a range within a map
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.In sys/param.h
36.In vm/vm.h
37.In vm/vm_map.h
38.Ft int
39.Fo vm_map_inherit
40.Fa "vm_map_t map" "vm_offset_t start" "vm_offset_t end"
41.Fa "vm_inherit_t new_inheritance"
42.Fc
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Fn vm_map_inherit
46function sets the inheritance flags for the range
47.Fa start
48to
49.Fa end
50within the target
51.Fa map
52to the value
53.Fa new_inheritance .
54.Pp
55The
56.Fa new_inheritance
57flag must have one of the values
58.Dv VM_INHERIT_NONE ,
59.Dv VM_INHERIT_COPY ,
60or
61.Dv VM_INHERIT_SHARE .
62This affects how the map will be shared with child maps when the
63associated process forks.
64.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
65The
66.Fn vm_map_inherit
67function obtains a lock on the
68.Fa map
69using
70.Xr vm_map_lock 9
71for the duration of the function.
72.Sh RETURN VALUES
73The
74.Fn vm_map_inherit
75function returns
76.Dv KERN_SUCCESS
77if the inheritance flags could be set.
78Otherwise, if the provided flags were invalid,
79.Dv KERN_INVALID_ARGUMENT
80will be returned.
81.Sh SEE ALSO
82.Xr fork 2
83.Sh AUTHORS
84This manual page was written by
85.An Bruce M Simpson Aq Mt bms@spc.org .
86