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+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd July 24, 2001
+.Dt VM_PAGE_FREE 9
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm vm_page_free ,
+.Nm vm_page_free_toq ,
+.Nm vm_page_free_zero ,
+.Nm vm_page_try_to_free
+.Nd "free a page"
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In sys/param.h
+.In vm/vm.h
+.In vm/vm_page.h
+.Ft void
+.Fn vm_page_free "vm_page_t m"
+.Ft void
+.Fn vm_page_free_toq "vm_page_t m"
+.Ft void
+.Fn vm_page_free_zero "vm_page_t m"
+.Ft int
+.Fn vm_page_try_to_free "vm_page_t m"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn vm_page_free_toq
+function moves a page into the free queue, and disassociates it from
+its object.
+If the page is held, wired, already free, or its busy count is not
+zero, the system will panic.
+If the
+.Dv PG_ZERO
+flag is set on the page, it is placed at the end of the free queue;
+otherwise, it is placed at the front.
+.Pp
+If the page's object is of type
+.Dv OBJT_VNODE
+and it is the last page associated with the object, the underlying
+vnode may be freed.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn vm_page_free
+and
+.Fn vm_page_free_zero
+functions both call
+.Fn vm_page_free_toq
+to actually free the page, but
+.Fn vm_page_free_zero
+sets the
+.Dv PG_ZERO
+flag and
+.Fn vm_page_free
+clears the
+.Dv PG_ZERO
+flag prior to the call to
+.Fn vm_page_free_toq .
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn vm_page_try_to_free
+function verifies that the page is not held, wired, busy or dirty, and
+if so, marks the page as busy, drops any protection that may be set on
+the page, and frees it.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+.Fn vm_page_try_to_free
+returns 1 if it is able to free the page; otherwise, 0 is returned.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr vm_page_busy 9 ,
+.Xr vm_page_hold 9 ,
+.Xr vm_page_wire 9
+.Sh AUTHORS
+This manual page was written by
+.An Chad David Aq Mt davidc@acns.ab.ca .