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28.Dd January 11, 2013
29.Dt VM_MAP_STACK 9
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm vm_map_stack ,
33.Nm vm_map_growstack
34.Nd manage process stacks
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In sys/param.h
37.In vm/vm.h
38.In vm/vm_map.h
39.Ft int
40.Fo vm_map_stack
41.Fa "vm_map_t map" "vm_offset_t addrbos" "vm_size_t max_ssize" "vm_prot_t prot"
42.Fa "vm_prot_t max" "int cow"
43.Fc
44.Ft int
45.Fn vm_map_growstack "struct proc *p" "vm_offset_t addr"
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Fn vm_map_stack
49function maps a process stack for a new process image.
50The stack is mapped
51.Fa addrbos
52in
53.Fa map ,
54with a maximum size of
55.Fa max_ssize .
56Copy-on-write flags passed in
57.Fa cow
58are also applied to the new mapping.
59Protection bits are supplied by
60.Fa prot
61and
62.Fa max .
63.Pp
64It is typically called by
65.Xr execve 2 .
66.Pp
67The
68.Fn vm_map_growstack
69function is responsible for growing a stack for the process
70.Fa p
71to the desired address
72.Fa addr ,
73similar to the legacy
74.Xr sbrk 2
75call.
76.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
77The
78.Fn vm_map_stack
79function calls
80.Xr vm_map_insert 9
81to create its mappings.
82.Pp
83The
84.Fn vm_map_stack
85and
86.Fn vm_map_growstack
87functions acquire the process lock on
88.Fa p
89for the duration of the call.
90.Sh RETURN VALUES
91The
92.Fn vm_map_stack
93function returns
94.Dv KERN_SUCCESS
95if the mapping was allocated successfully.
96.Pp
97Otherwise,
98if mapping the stack would exceed the process's VMEM resource limit,
99or if the specified bottom-of-stack address is out of range for the map,
100or if there is already a mapping at the address which would result,
101or if
102.Fa max_ssize
103could not be accommodated within the current mapping,
104.Dv KERN_NO_SPACE
105is returned.
106.Pp
107Other possible return values for this function are documented in
108.Xr vm_map_insert 9 .
109.Pp
110The
111.Fn vm_map_growstack
112function returns
113.Dv KERN_SUCCESS
114if
115.Fa addr
116is already mapped, or if the stack was grown successfully.
117.Pp
118It also returns
119.Dv KERN_SUCCESS
120if
121.Fa addr
122is outside the stack range; this is done in order to preserve
123compatibility with the deprecated
124.Fn grow
125function previously located in the file
126.Pa vm_machdep.c .
127.Sh SEE ALSO
128.Xr vm_map 9 ,
129.Xr vm_map_insert 9
130.Sh AUTHORS
131This manual page was written by
132.An Bruce M Simpson Aq Mt bms@spc.org .
133