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authorAlfred Perlstein <alfred@FreeBSD.org>2001-07-18 06:09:13 +0000
committerAlfred Perlstein <alfred@FreeBSD.org>2001-07-18 06:09:13 +0000
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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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+.\"
+.\" 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
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+.\" 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 17, 2001
+.Dt VM_PAGE_ZERO_FILL 9
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm vm_page_zero_fill
+.Nd "zero fill a page"
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In sys/param.h
+.In vm/vm.h
+.In vm/vm_page.h
+.Ft boolean_t
+.Fn vm_page_zero_fill "vm_page_t m"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn vm_page_zero_fill
+function zeros the given vm page by calling the machine dependant
+.Fn pmap_zero_page
+routine.
+.Pp
+.Fn vm_page_zero_fill
+always returns
+.Dv TRUE .
+.Sh AUTHORS
+This man page was written by
+.An Chad David Aq davidc@acns.ab.ca .