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28.Dd July 19, 2003
29.Dt VM_MAP_LOCK 9
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm vm_map_lock ,
33.Nm vm_map_unlock ,
34.Nm vm_map_lock_read ,
35.Nm vm_map_unlock_read ,
36.Nm vm_map_trylock ,
37.Nm vm_map_trylock_read ,
38.Nm vm_map_lock_upgrade ,
39.Nm vm_map_lock_downgrade
40.Nd vm_map locking macros
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.In sys/param.h
43.In vm/vm.h
44.In vm/vm_map.h
45.Ft void
46.Fn vm_map_lock "vm_map_t map"
47.Ft void
48.Fn vm_map_unlock "vm_map_t map"
49.Ft void
50.Fn vm_map_lock_read "vm_map_t map"
51.Ft void
52.Fn vm_map_unlock_read "vm_map_t map"
53.Ft int
54.Fn vm_map_trylock "vm_map_t map"
55.Ft int
56.Fn vm_map_trylock_read "vm_map_t map"
57.Ft int
58.Fn vm_map_lock_upgrade "vm_map_t map"
59.Ft int
60.Fn vm_map_lock_downgrade "vm_map_t map"
61.Sh DESCRIPTION
62The
63.Fn vm_map_lock
64macro obtains an exclusive lock on
65.Fa map .
66.Pp
67The
68.Fn vm_map_unlock
69macro releases an exclusive lock on
70.Fa map .
71.Pp
72The
73.Fn vm_map_lock_read
74macro obtains a read-lock on
75.Fa map .
76.Pp
77The
78.Fn vm_map_unlock_read
79macro releases a read-lock on
80.Fa map .
81.Pp
82The
83.Fn vm_map_trylock
84macro attempts to obtain an exclusive lock on
85.Fa map .
86It returns FALSE if the lock cannot be immediately acquired;
87otherwise return TRUE with the lock acquired.
88.Pp
89The
90.Fn vm_map_trylock_read
91macro attempts to obtain a read-lock on
92.Fa map .
93It returns FALSE if the lock cannot be immediately acquired;
94otherwise return TRUE with the lock acquired.
95.Pp
96The
97.Fn vm_map_lock_upgrade
98macro attempts to atomically upgrade a read-lock on
99.Fa map
100to an exclusive lock.
101.Pp
102The
103.Fn vm_map_lock_downgrade
104macro attempts to downgrade an exclusive lock on
105.Fa map
106to a read-lock.
107.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
108Currently, all of the locking macros implement their locks as sleep locks.
109.Sh SEE ALSO
110.Xr vm_map 9
111.Sh AUTHORS
112This manual page was written by
113.An Bruce M Simpson Aq Mt bms@spc.org .
114