VM_MAP_PROTECT(9)

NAME
vm_map_protect - apply protection bits to a virtual memory region

SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/param.h>
#include <vm/vm.h>
#include <vm/vm_map.h>
int
vm_map_protect(vm_map_t map, vm_offset_t start, vm_offset_t end, vm_prot_t new_prot, vm_prot_t new_maxprot, int flags);

DESCRIPTION
The vm_map_protect() function sets the protection bits and maximum protection bits of the address region bounded by start and end within the map map.

If the flags argument has the VM_MAP_PROTECT_SET_PROT bit set, then the effective protection is set to new_prot.

If the flags argument has the VM_MAP_PROTECT_SET_MAXPROT bit set, then the maximum protection is set to new_maxprot. Protection bits not included into new_maxprot will be cleared from existing entries.

The values specified by new_prot and new_maxprot are not allowed to include any protection bits that are not set in existing max_protection on every entry within the range. The operation will fail if this condition is violated. For instance, this prevents upgrading a shared mapping of a read-only file from read-only to read-write.

The specified range must not contain sub-maps.

IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
The function acquires a lock on the map for the duration, by calling vm_map_lock(9). Also, any in-progress wiring operation on the map affecting the specified range will cause vm_map_protect to sleep, waiting for completion.

RETURN VALUES

KERN_SUCCESS
    The specified protection bits were set successfully.

KERN_INVALID_ARGUMENT
    A sub-map entry was encountered in the range,

KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE
    The value of new_prot or new_maxprot exceed max_protection for an entry within the range.

KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE
    The map does not allow simultaneous setting of write and execute permissions, but new_prot has both VM_PROT_WRITE and VM_PROT_EXECUTE set.

KERN_RESOURCE_SHORTAGE
    A copy-on-write mapping is transitioned from read-only to read-write, and not enough swap space is available to back the copied pages.

KERN_OUT_OF_BOUNDS
    Both new protection and new maximum protection updates were requested, but the specified new_prot is not a subset of new_maxprot.

SEE ALSO
vm_map(9)

AUTHORS
This manual page was written by Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org>.