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29.Dd August 31, 2011
30.Dt VM_PAGE_AFLAG 9
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm vm_page_aflag_clear , vm_page_aflag_set , vm_page_reference
34.Nd "change page atomic flags"
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In sys/param.h
37.In vm/vm.h
38.In vm/vm_page.h
39.Ft void
40.Fn vm_page_aflag_clear "vm_page_t m" "uint8_t bits"
41.Ft void
42.Fn vm_page_aflag_set "vm_page_t m" "uint8_t bits"
43.Ft void
44.Fn vm_page_reference "vm_page_t m"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Fn vm_page_aflag_clear
48atomically clears the specified bits on the page's
49.Va aflags .
50.Pp
51The
52.Fn vm_page_aflag_set
53atomically sets the specified bits on the page's
54.Va aflags .
55.Pp
56The
57.Fn vm_page_reference m
58call is the same as
59.Bd -literal -offset indent
60vm_page_aflag_set(m, PGA_REFERENCED);
61.Ed
62.Lp
63and is the recommended way to mark the page as referenced from
64third-party kernel modules.
65.Pp
66These functions neither block nor require any locks to be held
67around the calls for correctness.
68.Pp
69The functions arguments are:
70.Bl -tag -width ".Fa bits"
71.It Fa m
72The page whose
73.Va aflags
74are updated.
75.It Fa bits
76The bits that are set or cleared on the page's flags.
77.El
78.Pp
79The following
80.Va aflags
81can be set or cleared:
82.Bl -tag -width ".Fa PGA_REFERENCED"
83.It Fa PGA_REFERENCED
84The bit may be set to indicate that the page has been recently accessed.
85For instance,
86.Xr pmap 9
87sets this bit to reflect the accessed attribute of the page mapping
88typically updated by processor's memory management unit on the page access.
89.It Fa PGA_WRITEABLE
90A writeable mapping for the page may exist.
91.El
92.Pp
93Both
94.Dv PGA_REFERENCED
95and
96.Dv PGA_WRITEABLE
97bits are only valid for the managed pages.
98.Sh AUTHORS
99This manual page was written by
100.An Chad David Aq Mt davidc@acns.ab.ca .
101