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29.Dd September 9, 2019
30.Dt VM_PAGE_WIRE 9
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm vm_page_wire ,
34.Nm vm_page_unwire ,
35.Nm vm_page_unwire_noq
36.Nd "wire and unwire pages"
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In sys/param.h
39.In vm/vm.h
40.In vm/vm_page.h
41.Ft void
42.Fn vm_page_wire "vm_page_t m"
43.Ft bool
44.Fn vm_page_wire_mapped "vm_page_t m"
45.Ft void
46.Fn vm_page_unwire "vm_page_t m" "int queue"
47.Ft bool
48.Fn vm_page_unwire_noq "vm_page_t m"
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50The
51.Fn vm_page_wire
52and
53.Fn vm_page_wire_mapped
54functions wire the page, which prevents it from being reclaimed by the page
55daemon or when its containing object is destroyed.
56Both functions require that the page belong to an object.
57The
58.Fn vm_page_wire_mapped
59function is for use by the
60.Xr pmap 9
61layer following a lookup.
62This function may fail if mappings of the page are concurrently
63being destroyed, in which case it will return false.
64.Pp
65The
66.Fn vm_page_unwire
67and
68.Fn vm_page_unwire_noq
69functions release a wiring of a page.
70The
71.Fn vm_page_unwire
72function takes a queue index and will insert the page into the
73corresponding page queue upon releasing its last wiring.
74If the page does not belong to an object and no other references
75to the page exist,
76.Fn vm_page_unwire
77will free the page.
78.Fn vm_page_unwire_noq
79releases the wiring and returns true if it was the last wiring
80of the page.
81.Sh AUTHORS
82This manual page was written by
83.An Chad David Aq Mt davidc@acns.ab.ca .
84