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.Dd July 19, 2003 .Dt VM_MAP_REMOVE 9 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm vm_map_remove .Nd remove a virtual address range from a map .Sh SYNOPSIS n sys/param.h n vm/vm.h n vm/vm_map.h .Ft int .Fn vm_map_remove "vm_map_t map" "vm_offset_t start" "vm_offset_t end" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn vm_map_remove function removes the given address range bounded by .Fa start and .Fa end from the target .Fa map . .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES This is the exported form of .Xr vm_map_delete 9 which may be called by consumers of the VM subsystem.

p The function calls .Xr vm_map_lock 9 to hold a lock on .Fa map for the duration of the function call. .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Fn vm_map_remove always returns .Dv KERN_SUCCESS . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr vm_map 9 , .Xr vm_map_delete 9 .Sh AUTHORS This manual page was written by .An Bruce M Simpson Aq bms@spc.org .