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29.Dd July 17, 2001
30.Dt VM_PAGE_RENAME 9
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm vm_page_rename
34.Nd "move a page"
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In sys/param.h
37.In vm/vm.h
38.In vm/vm_page.h
39.Ft void
40.Fo vm_page_rename
41.Fa "vm_page_t m"
42.Fa "vm_object_t new_object"
43.Fa "vm_pindex_t new_pindex"
44.Fc
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Fn vm_page_rename
48function removes a page from one object, and adds it to another
49at the given page index.
50The page is added to the given object, and is removed from the
51object that is currently associated with.
52If the page is currently on the cache queue it will be deactivated
53unless it is wired or unmanaged, in which case the deactivation will
54fail.
55The entire page is marked as dirty after the move.
56.Pp
57The arguments to
58.Fn vm_page_rename
59are:
60.Bl -tag -width ".Fa new_object"
61.It Fa m
62The page to move.
63.It Fa new_object
64The object the page should be inserted into.
65.It Fa new_pindex
66The page index into
67.Fa new_object
68at which the new page should be inserted.
69.El
70.Sh AUTHORS
71This manual page was written by
72.An Chad David Aq davidc@acns.ab.ca .
73