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34.\" @(#)mincore.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
35.\"
36.Dd June 9, 1993
37.Dt MINCORE 2
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm mincore
41.Nd determine residency of memory pages
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
44.Fd #include <sys/mman.h>
45.Ft int
46.Fn mincore "caddr_t addr" "size_t len" "char *vec"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Fn mincore
50system call
51allows a process to obtain information about whether pages are
52core resident.
53The current core residency of the pages is returned
54in the character array
55.Fa vec .
56For each entry in the character array
57.Fa vec ,
58the following bit values may be set
59depending upon the state of the page:
60.Bd -literal -offset indent
61.nf
62MINCORE_INCORE 0x1 /* Page is incore */
63MINCORE_REFERENCED 0x2 /* Page has been referenced by us */
64MINCORE_MODIFIED 0x4 /* Page has been modified by us */
65MINCORE_REFERENCED_OTHER 0x8 /* Page has been referenced */
66MINCORE_MODIFIED_OTHER 0x10 /* Page has been modified */
67.fi
68.Ed
69.Sh RETURN VALUES
70Upon successful completion,
71a value of 0 is returned.
72Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and
73.Va errno
74is set to indicate the error.
75.Sh ERRORS
76.Bl -tag -width Er
77.\" ===========
78.It Bq Er EINVAL
79.Fa addr
80is not a valid address for user mode.
81.\" ===========
82.It Bq Er EFAULT
83an error occurred trying to copy to the output character array
84.Fa vec .
85.El
86.Sh SEE ALSO
87.Xr madvise 2 ,
88.Xr minherit 2 ,
89.Xr mlock 2 ,
90.Xr mprotect 2 ,
91.Xr msync 2 ,
92.Xr munmap 2
93.Sh HISTORY
94The
95.Fn mincore
96function first appeared in 4.4BSD.