78 lines
2.7 KiB
Groff
78 lines
2.7 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: vmem.9,v 1.4 2006/11/04 12:55:28 yamt Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c)2006 YAMAMOTO Takashi,
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
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.Dd October 22, 2006
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.Dt VMEM 9
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.Os
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.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm vmem
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.Nd virtual memory allocator
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.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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is a general purpose resource allocator.
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Despite its name, it can be used for arbitrary resources
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other than virtual memory.
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.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
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.Sh CODE REFERENCES
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This section describes places within the
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.Nx
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source tree where actual code implementing the
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.Nm
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subsystem can be found.
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All pathnames are relative to
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.Pa /usr/src .
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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subsystem is implemented within the file
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.Pa sys/kern/subr_vmem.c .
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.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr intro 9 ,
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.Xr vmem_alloc 9 ,
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.Xr vmem_create 9 ,
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.Xr vmem_destroy 9 ,
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.Xr vmem_free 9 ,
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.Xr vmem_xalloc 9 ,
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.Xr vmem_xfree 9
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.Rs
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.%A Jeff Bonwick
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.%A Jonathan Adams
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.%T "Magazines and Vmem: Extending the Slab Allocator to Many CPUs and Arbitrary Resources"
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.%J "2001 USENIX Annual Technical Conference"
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.%D 2001
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.Re
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.Sh AUTHORS
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This implementation of
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.Nm
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was written by
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.An YAMAMOTO Takashi .
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