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33 .Nd set fork inheritance flags for a range within a map
40 .Fa "vm_map_t map" "vm_offset_t start" "vm_offset_t end"
41 .Fa "vm_inherit_t new_inheritance"
46 function sets the inheritance flags for the range
57 flag must have one of the values
61 .Dv VM_INHERIT_SHARE .
62 This affects how the map will be shared with child maps when the
63 associated process forks.
64 .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
67 function obtains a lock on the
71 for the duration of the function.
77 if the inheritance flags could be set.
78 Otherwise, if the provided flags were invalid,
79 .Dv KERN_INVALID_ARGUMENT
84 This man page was written by
85 .An Bruce M Simpson Aq bms@spc.org .