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Dima Dorfman bfe4f323ec We are munmap(2), so there's no need to list ourselves in the SEE ALSO
section; instead, list our partner in crime, mmap(2).

PR:		33153
Submitted by:	Faried Nawaz <fn@hungry.org>
2002-01-07 06:12:25 +00:00

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.\" @(#)munmap.2 8.3 (Berkeley) 5/27/94
.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd May 27, 1994
.Dt MUNMAP 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm munmap
.Nd remove a mapping
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sys/types.h
.In sys/mman.h
.Ft int
.Fn munmap "void *addr" "size_t len"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn munmap
system call
deletes the mappings for the specified address range,
and causes further references to addresses within the range
to generate invalid memory references.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Rv -std munmap
.Sh ERRORS
.Fn Munmap
will fail if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er EINVAL
The
.Fa addr
parameter was not page aligned, the
.Fa len
parameter was negative, or
some part of the region being unmapped is outside the
valid address range for a process.
.El
.Sh "SEE ALSO"
.Xr madvise 2 ,
.Xr mincore 2 ,
.Xr mmap 2 ,
.Xr mprotect 2 ,
.Xr msync 2 ,
.Xr getpagesize 3
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn munmap
function first appeared in
.Bx 4.4 .