The
vm_page_free_toq ();
function moves a page into the free queue, and disassociates it from
its object.
If the page is held, wired, already free, or its busy count is not
zero, the system will panic.
If the
PG_ZERO
flag is set on the page, it is placed at the end of the free queue;
otherwise, it is placed at the front.
If the page's object is of type
OBJT_VNODE
and it is the last page associated with the object, the underlying
vnode may be freed.
The
vm_page_free ();
and
vm_page_free_zero ();
functions both call
vm_page_free_toq ();
to actually free the page, but
vm_page_free_zero ();
sets the
PG_ZERO
flag and
vm_page_free ();
clears the
PG_ZERO
flag prior to the call to
vm_page_free_toq (.);
The
vm_page_try_to_free ();
function verifies that the page is not held, wired, busy or dirty, and
if so, marks the page as busy, drops any protection that may be set on
the page, and frees it.
RETURN VALUES
vm_page_try_to_free ();
returns 1 if it is able to free the page; otherwise, 0 is returned.
SEE ALSO
vm_page_busy9,
vm_page_hold9,
vm_page_wire9
AUTHORS
This manual page was written by
An Chad David Aq davidc@acns.ab.ca .