PMAP_ADDR_HINT(9) MidnightBSD Kernel Developer’s Manual PMAP_ADDR_HINT(9)

NAME

pmap_addr_hint — get a hint for the best-fit mapping of a VM object

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/param.h>
#include <vm/vm.h>
#include <vm/pmap.h>

vm_offset_t

pmap_addr_hint(vm_object_t obj, vm_offset_t addr, vm_size_t size);

DESCRIPTION

The pmap_addr_hint() function returns a hint for the best address at which to map the object obj at address addr of size bytes.

IMPLEMENTATION NOTES

This function is typically called on behalf of mmap(2).

RETURN VALUES

If the implementation can use the address unchanged, it will simply return addr.

SEE ALSO

mmap(2), pmap(9)

AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Bruce M Simpson 〈bms@spc.org〉.

MidnightBSD 0.3 July 21, 2003 MidnightBSD 0.3