1.\" $NetBSD: munmap.2,v 1.5 1995/02/27 12:35:03 cgd Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993 4.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 15.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 16.\" This product includes software developed by the University of 17.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. 18.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 19.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 20.\" without specific prior written permission. 21.\" 22.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 23.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 24.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 25.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 26.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 27.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 28.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 29.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 30.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 31.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 32.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 33.\" 34.\" @(#)munmap.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/15/94 35.\" 36.Dd April 15, 1994 37.Dt MUNMAP 2 38.Os 39.Sh NAME 40.Nm munmap 41.Nd remove a mapping 42.Sh SYNOPSIS 43.Fd #include <sys/types.h> 44.Fd #include <sys/mman.h> 45.Ft int 46.Fn munmap "caddr_t addr" "size_t len" 47.Sh DESCRIPTION 48The 49.Fn munmap 50system call 51deletes the mappings for the specified address range, 52and causes further references to addresses within the range 53to generate invalid memory references. 54.Sh RETURN VALUES 55Upon successful completion, 56.Nm munmap 57returns zero. 58Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and 59.Va errno 60is set to indicate the error. 61.Sh ERRORS 62.Fn Munmap 63will fail if: 64.Bl -tag -width Er 65.It Bq Er EINVAL 66The 67.Fa addr 68parameter was not page aligned, the 69.Fa len 70parameter was negative, or 71some part of the region being unmapped is not part of the currently 72valid address space. 73.Sh "SEE ALSO" 74.Xr getpagesize 3 , 75.Xr msync 2 , 76.Xr munmap 2 , 77.Xr mprotect 2 , 78.Xr madvise 2 , 79.Xr mincore 2 80.Sh HISTORY 81The 82.Fn munmap 83function first appeared in 4.4BSD. 84