UNMAP_MAPPING_RANGE(9)

NAME
unmap_mapping_range - unmap the portion of all mmaps in the specified address_space corresponding to the specified page range in the underlying file.

SYNOPSIS

void unmap_mapping_range(struct address_space * mapping, loff_t const holebegin, loff_t const holelen, int even_cows);

ARGUMENTS

mapping
    the address space containing mmaps to be unmapped.

holebegin
    byte in first page to unmap, relative to the start of the underlying file. This will be rounded down to a PAGE_SIZE boundary. Note that this is different from truncate_pagecache, which must keep the partial page. In contrast, we must get rid of partial pages.

holelen
    size of prospective hole in bytes. This will be rounded up to a PAGE_SIZE boundary. A holelen of zero truncates to the end of the file.

even_cows
    1 when truncating a file, unmap even private COWed pages; but 0 when invalidating pagecache, don't throw away private data.

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