78 lines
2.7 KiB
Groff
78 lines
2.7 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: kmem_free.9,v 1.4 2007/02/17 08:50:05 wiz 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 June 25, 2006
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.Dt KMEM_FREE 9
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm kmem_free
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.Nd free kernel wired memory
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.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/kmem.h
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.\" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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.Ft void
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.Fn kmem_free \
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"void *p" "size_t size"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Fn kmem_free
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frees kernel wired memory allocated by
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.Fn kmem_alloc
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or
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.Fn kmem_zalloc
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so that it can be used for other purposes.
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It takes the following arguments.
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.Bl -tag -width kmflags
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.It Fa p
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The pointer to the memory being freed.
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It must be the one returned by
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.Fn kmem_alloc
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or
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.Fn kmem_zalloc .
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.It Fa size
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The size of the memory being freed, in bytes.
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It must be the same as the
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.Fa size
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argument used for
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.Fn kmem_alloc
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or
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.Fn kmem_zalloc
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when the memory was allocated.
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.El
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.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr intro 9 ,
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.Xr kmem_alloc 9 ,
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.Xr kmem_zalloc 9 ,
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.Xr memoryallocators 9
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.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
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.Sh CAVEATS
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.Fn kmem_free
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can not be used from interrupt context.
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