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author | alfred <alfred@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-07-18 06:09:13 +0000 |
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committer | alfred <alfred@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-07-18 06:09:13 +0000 |
commit | 8ca85b43c8f47d7323879ed5a9d18c98f60780c9 (patch) | |
tree | f972da79d2f43bf37f0f1161b80c54627e9e0d63 /share/man/man9/vm_page_sleep_busy.9 | |
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Document some of the kernel vm_page API as well as the pbuf API.
Submitted by: Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca>
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diff --git a/share/man/man9/vm_page_sleep_busy.9 b/share/man/man9/vm_page_sleep_busy.9 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..760ce50 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man9/vm_page_sleep_busy.9 @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (C) 2001 Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca>. 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(s), this list of conditions and the following disclaimer as +.\" the first lines of this file unmodified other than the possible +.\" addition of one or more copyright notices. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice(s), this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) ``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 COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) 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. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd July 13, 2001 +.Dt VM_PAGE_SLEEP_BUSY 9 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm vm_page_sleep_busy +.Nd "wait for a busy page to become unbusy" +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In sys/param.h +.In vm/vm.h +.In vm/vm_page.h +.Ft int +.Fn vm_page_sleep_busy "vm_page_t m" "int also_m_busy" "const char *wmesg" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn vm_page_sleep_busy +function waits until the +.Dv PG_BUSY +flag is cleared. +If +.Fa also_m_busy +is non-zero, it also waits for +.Fa m->busy +to become zero. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +If +.Fn vm_page_sleep_busy +finds the page busy it returns +.Dv TRUE . +If not, it returns +.Dv FALSE . +Returning +.Dv TRUE +does not necessary mean that +.Fn vm_page_sleep_busy +slept, but only that +.Fn splvm +was called. +.Sh AUTHORS +This man page was written by +.An Chad David Aq davidc@acns.ab.ca . |