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.TH L4_UNMAP 7 2009-11-02 "Codezero" "Codezero Programmer's Manual"

.SH NAME

.nf

.BR "l4_unmap" " - removes virtual to physical address mappings."

.SH SYNOPSIS

.nf

.B #include 

.B #include 

.BI "int l4_unmap(void " "*virtual" ", unsigned long " "npages" ", l4id_t " "tid" ")"

.SH DESCRIPTION

.B l4_unmap()

.RI "removes a virtual to physical mapping from the address space of the thread identified by " "tid " "starting from virtual address " "virtual" ", and spanning " "npages" " number of pages."

.SH L4 USERSPACE LIBRARY

.nf

/*

 * Unmaps the given virtual address from current address space

 * spanning npages number of pages. Returns negative value

 * if the address was already unmapped.

 */

.BI "static inline void *l4_unmap_helper(void " "*virt" ", int " "npages" ");"

.fi

.SH RETURN VALUE

.BR "l4_unmap"()

returns 0 on success, and negative value on failure. See below for error codes.

.SH ERRORS

.B -ESRCH

The thread to remove the mapping could not be found on the system.

.B -ENOCAP

Capabilities required don't exist or caller do not have sufficient privileges.

.B -ENOMAP

There is already an unmapped area in one of the pages that were unmapped. This may or may not be an error, depending on what state the caller expects the unmapped area to be in.

.SH SEE ALSO

.BR "l4_map"(7)