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28.Dd July 19, 2003
29.Dt VM_MAP_DELETE 9
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm vm_map_delete
33.Nd deallocate an address range from a map
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.In sys/param.h
36.In vm/vm.h
37.In vm/vm_map.h
38.Ft int
39.Fn vm_map_delete "vm_map_t map" "vm_offset_t start" "vm_offset_t end"
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Fn vm_map_delete
43function deallocates the address range bounded by
44.Fa start
45and
46.Fa end
47from the
48.Fa map .
49.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
50This function is for
51.Fx
52VM internal use only.
53The
54.Xr vm_map_remove 9
55function should be called by
56.Fx
57VM consumers instead.
58.Sh RETURN VALUES
59The
60.Fn vm_map_delete
61function always returns
62.Dv KERN_SUCCESS .
63.Sh SEE ALSO
64.Xr vm_map 9 ,
65.Xr vm_map_remove 9
66.Sh AUTHORS
67This manual page was written by
68.An Bruce M Simpson Aq bms@spc.org .