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28.Dd June 22, 2017
29.Dt MUNMAP 2
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm munmap
33.Nd remove a mapping
34.Sh LIBRARY
35.Lb libc
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In sys/mman.h
38.Ft int
39.Fn munmap "void *addr" "size_t len"
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Fn munmap
43system call
44deletes the mappings and guards for the specified address range,
45and causes further references to addresses within the range
46to generate invalid memory references.
47.Sh RETURN VALUES
48.Rv -std munmap
49.Sh ERRORS
50The
51.Fn munmap
52system call
53will fail if:
54.Bl -tag -width Er
55.It Bq Er EINVAL
56The
57.Fa addr
58argument was not page aligned, the
59.Fa len
60argument was zero or negative, or
61some part of the region being unmapped is outside the
62valid address range for a process.
63.El
64.Sh "SEE ALSO"
65.Xr madvise 2 ,
66.Xr mincore 2 ,
67.Xr mmap 2 ,
68.Xr mprotect 2 ,
69.Xr msync 2 ,
70.Xr getpagesize 3
71.Sh HISTORY
72The
73.Fn munmap
74system call first appeared in
75.Bx 4.4 .
76