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28.Dd July 19, 2003
29.Dt vm_map_wire 9
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm vm_map_wire ,
32.Nm vm_map_unwire
33.Nd manage page wiring within a virtual memory 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_wire "vm_map_t map" "vm_offset_t start" "vm_offset_t end" "int flags"
40.Ft int
41.Fn vm_map_unwire "vm_map_t map" "vm_offset_t start" "vm_offset_t end" "int flags"
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Fn vm_map_wire
45function is responsible for wiring pages in the range between
46.Fa start
47and
48.Fa end
49within the map
50.Fa map .
51Wired pages are locked into physical memory, and may not be paged out
52as long as their wire count remains above zero.
53.Pp
54The
55.Fn vm_map_unwire
56function performs the corresponding unwire operation.
57.Pp
58The
59.Fa flags
60argument is a bit mask, consisting of the following flags:
61.Pp
62If the
63.Dv VM_MAP_WIRE_USER
64flag is set, the function operates within user address space.
65.Pp
66If the
67.Dv VM_MAP_WIRE_HOLESOK
68flag is set, it may operate upon an arbitrary range within the
69address space of
70.Fa map .
71.Pp
72If a contiguous range is desired, callers should explicitly express
73their intent by specifying the
74.Dv VM_MAP_WIRE_NOHOLES
75flag.
76.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
77Both functions will attempt to acquire a lock on the map using
78.Xr vm_map_lock 9
79and hold it for the duration of the call.
80If they detect
81.Dv MAP_ENTRY_IN_TRANSITION ,
82they will call
83.Xr vm_map_unlock_and_wait 9
84until the map becomes available again.
85.Pp
86The map could have changed during this window as it was held by another
87consumer, therefore consumers of this interface should check for this
88condition using the return values below.
89.Sh RETURN VALUES
90The
91.Fn vm_map_wire
92and
93.Fn vm_map_unwire
94functions have identical return values.
95The functions return
96.Dv KERN_SUCCESS
97if all pages within the range were [un]wired successfully.
98.Pp
99Otherwise, if the specified range was not valid,
100or if the map changed while the MAP_ENTRY_IN_TRANSITION flag was set,
101.Dv KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS
102is returned.
103.Sh SEE ALSO
104.Xr mlockall 2 ,
105.Xr munlockall 2 ,
106.Xr vm_map 9
107.Sh AUTHORS
108This man page was written by
109.An Bruce M Simpson Aq bms@spc.org .
110