usr/src/lib/libc/sys/mincore.2

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.Dd
.Dt MINCORE 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm mincore
.Nd get advise about use of memory
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fn mincore "caddr_t addr" "int len" "char *vec"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn mincore
system call
allows a process to obtain information about whether pages are
core resident.
Here the current core residency of the pages is returned
in the character array
.Fa vec ,
with a value of 1 meaning
that the page is in-core.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr msync 2 ,
.Xr munmap 2 ,
.Xr mprotect 2 ,
.Xr madvise 2 ,
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn mincore
function call is
.Ud .