PMAP_ZERO(9) BSD Kernel Developer's Manual PMAP_ZERO(9)NAME
pmap_zero_page, pmap_zero_area, pmap_zero_idle — zero-fill a page using
machine-dependent optimizations
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/param.h>
#include <vm/vm.h>
#include <vm/pmap.h>
void
pmap_zero_page(vm_page_t m);
void
pmap_zero_page_area(vm_page_t m, int off, int size);
void
pmap_zero_page_idle(vm_page_t m);
DESCRIPTION
The pmap_zero_page() function zero-fills an entire page using machine-
dependent optimizations. The pmap_zero_page_area() function is used to
zero-fill an area of a page. The range specified must not cross a page
boundary; it must be contained entirely within a single page.
The pmap_zero_page_idle() interface is used by the vm_pagezero process.
The system-wide Giant lock should not be required to be held in order to
call this interface.
IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
This function is required to be implemented for each architecture sup‐
ported by FreeBSD.
SEE ALSObzero(3), pmap(9)AUTHORS
This manual page was written by Bruce M Simpson ⟨bms@spc.org⟩.
BSD July 21, 2003 BSD