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.Dd July 17, 2001
.Dt VM_PAGE_RENAME 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm vm_page_rename
.Nd "move a page"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sys/param.h
.In vm/vm.h
.In vm/vm_page.h
.Ft void
.Fo vm_page_rename
.Fa "vm_page_t m"
.Fa "vm_object_t new_object"
.Fa "vm_pindex_t new_pindex"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn vm_page_rename
function removes a page from one object, and adds it to another
at the given page index.
The page is added to the given object, and is removed from the
object that is currently associated with.
If the page is currently on the cache queue it will be deactivated
unless it is wired or unmanaged, in which case the deactivation will
fail.
The entire page is marked as dirty after the move.
.Pp
The arguments to
.Fn vm_page_rename
are:
.Bl -tag -width ".Fa new_object"
.It Fa m
The page to move.
.It Fa new_object
The object the page should be inserted into.
.It Fa new_pindex
The page index into
.Fa new_object
at which the new page should be inserted.
.El
.Sh AUTHORS
This manual page was written by
.An Chad David Aq davidc@acns.ab.ca .