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.Dd July 19, 2003
.Dt VM_MAP_STACK 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm vm_map_stack ,
.Nm vm_map_growstack
.Nd manage process stacks
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sys/param.h
.In vm/vm.h
.In vm/vm_map.h
.Ft int
.Fo vm_map_stack
.Fa "vm_map_t map" "vm_offset_t addrbos" "vm_size_t max_ssize" "vm_prot_t prot"
.Fa "vm_prot_t max" "int cow"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fn vm_map_growstack "struct proc *p" "vm_offset_t addr"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn vm_map_stack
function maps a process stack for a new process image.
The stack is mapped
.Fa addrbos
in
.Fa map ,
with a maximum size of
.Fa max_ssize .
Copy-on-write flags passed in
.Fa cow
are also applied to the new mapping.
Protection bits are supplied by
.Fa prot
and
.Fa max .
.Pp
It is typically called by
.Xr execve 2 .
.Pp
The
.Fn vm_map_growstack
function is responsible for growing a stack for the process
.Fa p
to the desired address
.Fa addr ,
similar to the legacy
.Xr sbrk 2
call.
.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
The
.Fn vm_map_stack
function calls
.Xr vm_map_insert 9
to create its mappings.
.Pp
The
.Fn vm_map_growstack
function acquires the
.Va Giant
lock, and the process lock on
.Fa p ,
for the duration of the call.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn vm_map_stack
function returns
.Dv KERN_SUCCESS
if the mapping was allocated successfully.
.Pp
Otherwise,
if mapping the stack would exceed the process's VMEM resource limit,
or if the specified bottom-of-stack address is out of range for the map,
or if there is already a mapping at the address which would result,
or if
.Fa max_ssize
could not be accomodated within the current mapping,
.Dv KERN_NO_SPACE
is returned.
.Pp
Other possible return values for this function are documented in
.Xr vm_map_insert 9 .
.Pp
The
.Fn vm_map_growstack
function returns
.Dv KERN_SUCCESS
if
.Fa addr
is already mapped, or if the stack was grown successfully.
.Pp
It also returns
.Dv KERN_SUCCESS
if
.Fa addr
is outside the stack range; this is done in order to preserve
compatibility with the deprecated
.Fn grow
function previously located in the file
.Pa vm_machdep.c .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr vm_map 9 ,
.Xr vm_map_insert 9
.Sh AUTHORS
This man page was written by
.An Bruce M Simpson Aq bms@spc.org .