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UNMAP_MAPPING_RANGE(9) Memory Management in Linux UNMAP_MAPPING_RANGE(9)

NAME

unmap_mapping_range - unmap the portion of all mmaps in the specified address_space corresponding to the specified page range in the underlying file.

SYNOPSIS

void unmap_mapping_range(struct address_space * mapping, loff_t const holebegin, loff_t const holelen, int even_cows);

ARGUMENTS

struct address_space * mapping

the address space containing mmaps to be unmapped.

loff_t const holebegin

byte in first page to unmap, relative to the start of the underlying file. This will be rounded down to a PAGE_SIZE boundary. Note that this is different from truncate_pagecache, which must keep the partial page. In contrast, we must get rid of partial pages.

loff_t const holelen

size of prospective hole in bytes. This will be rounded up to a PAGE_SIZE boundary. A holelen of zero truncates to the end of the file.

int even_cows

1 when truncating a file, unmap even private COWed pages; but 0 when invalidating pagecache, don't throw away private data.

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June 2017 Kernel Hackers Manual 4.11