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28.Dd May 10, 2008
29.Dt VM_MAP_FIND 9
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm vm_map_find
33.Nd find a free region within a map, and optionally map a vm_object
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.In sys/param.h
36.In vm/vm.h
37.In vm/vm_map.h
38.Ft int
39.Fo vm_map_find
40.Fa "vm_map_t map" "vm_object_t object" "vm_ooffset_t offset"
41.Fa "vm_offset_t *addr" "vm_size_t length" "int find_space"
42.Fa "vm_prot_t prot" "vm_prot_t max" "int cow"
43.Fc
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45The
46.Fn vm_map_find
47function attempts to find a free region in the target
48.Fa map ,
49with the given
50.Fa length ,
51and will also optionally create a mapping of
52.Fa object .
53.Pp
54The arguments
55.Fa offset ,
56.Fa prot ,
57.Fa max ,
58and
59.Fa cow
60are passed unchanged to
61.Xr vm_map_insert 9
62when creating the mapping, if and only if a free region is found.
63.Pp
64If
65.Fa object
66is
67.Pf non- Dv NULL ,
68the reference count on the object must be incremented
69by the caller before calling this function to account for the new entry.
70.Pp
71If
72.Fa find_space
73is either
74.Dv VMFS_ALIGNED_SPACE
75or
76.Dv VMFS_ANY_SPACE ,
77the function will call
78.Xr vm_map_findspace 9
79to discover a free region.
80Moreover, if
81.Fa find_space
82is
83.Dv VMFS_ALIGNED_SPACE ,
84the address of the free region will be optimized for the use of superpages.
85Otherwise, if
86.Fa find_space
87is
88.Dv VMFS_NO_SPACE ,
89.Xr vm_map_insert 9
90is called with the given address,
91.Fa addr .
92.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
93This function acquires a lock on
94.Fa map
95by calling
96.Xr vm_map_lock 9 ,
97and holds it until the function returns.
98.Pp
99The search for a free region is defined to be first-fit, from the address
100.Fa addr
101onwards.
102.Sh RETURN VALUES
103The
104.Fn vm_map_find
105function returns
106.Dv KERN_SUCCESS
107if the mapping was successfully created.
108If space could not be found or
109.Fa find_space
110was
111.Dv VMFS_NO_SPACE
112and the given address,
113.Fa addr ,
114was already mapped,
115.Dv KERN_NO_SPACE
116will be returned.
117If the discovered range turned out to be bogus,
118.Dv KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS
119will be returned.
120.Sh SEE ALSO
121.Xr vm_map 9 ,
122.Xr vm_map_findspace 9 ,
123.Xr vm_map_insert 9 ,
124.Xr vm_map_lock 9
125.Sh AUTHORS
126This manual page was written by
127.An Bruce M Simpson Aq bms@spc.org .
128