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28.Dd July 19, 2003
29.Dt VM_MAP_REMOVE 9
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm vm_map_remove
33.Nd remove a virtual address range from 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.Fn vm_map_remove "vm_map_t map" "vm_offset_t start" "vm_offset_t end"
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Fn vm_map_remove
43function removes the given address range bounded by
44.Fa start
45and
46.Fa end
47from the target
48.Fa map .
49.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
50This is the exported form of
51.Xr vm_map_delete 9
52which may be called by consumers of the VM subsystem.
53.Pp
54The function calls
55.Xr vm_map_lock 9
56to hold a lock on
57.Fa map
58for the duration of the function call.
59.Sh RETURN VALUES
60The
61.Fn vm_map_remove
62always returns
63.Dv KERN_SUCCESS .
64.Sh SEE ALSO
65.Xr vm_map 9 ,
66.Xr vm_map_delete 9
67.Sh AUTHORS
68This manual page was written by
69.An Bruce M Simpson Aq Mt bms@spc.org .
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