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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/mincore.2 b/lib/libc/sys/mincore.2 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..f5dd093e234 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/sys/mincore.2 @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: mincore.2,v 1.6 1995/06/24 10:47:05 cgd Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)mincore.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93 +.\" +.Dd June 9, 1993 +.Dt MINCORE 2 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm mincore +.Nd determine residency of memory pages +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <sys/types.h> +.Fd #include <sys/mman.h> +.Ft int +.Fn mincore "caddr_t addr" "int len" "char *vec" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn mincore +system call +allows a process to obtain information about whether pages are +core resident. +Here the current core residency of the pages is returned +in the character array +.Fa vec , +with a value of 1 meaning that the page is in-core. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr madvise 2 , +.Xr mlock 2 , +.Xr mprotect 2 , +.Xr msync 2 , +.Xr munmap 2 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn mincore +function first appeared in 4.4BSD. |