MPROTECT(2) BSD System Calls Manual MPROTECT(2)

NAME
     mmpprrootteecctt - control the protection of pages

SYNOPSIS
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     int
     mmpprrootteecctt(void *addr, sizet len, int prot);

DESCRIPTION
     The mmpprrootteecctt() system call changes the specified pages to have protection
     prot.  Not all implementations will guarantee protection on a page basis;
     the granularity of protection changes may be as large as an entire
     region.

RETURN VALUES
     Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.  Otherwise, a value
     of -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

EERRRROORRSS
     mmpprrootteecctt() will fail if:

     [EACCES]           The requested protection conflicts with the access
                        permissions of the process on the specified address
                        range.

     [EINVAL]           addr is not a multiple of the page size.

     [ENOTSUP]          The combination of accesses requested in prot is not
                        supported.

LEGACY SYNOPSIS
     ##iinncclluuddee <>
     ##iinncclluuddee <>

     The include file  is necessary.

     int
     mmpprrootteecctt(caddrt addr, sizet len, int prot);

     The type of addr has changed.

SEE ALSO
     madvise(2), mincore(2), msync(2), munmap(2), compat(5)

HISTORY     The mmpprrootteecctt() function first appeared in 4.4BSD.

BSD                              June 9, 1993                              BSD