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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
| commit | 253e67c8b3a72b3a4757fdbc5845297628db0a4a (patch) | |
| tree | adf53b66087aa30dfbf8bf391a1dadb044c3bf4d /static/netbsd/man2/swapctl.2 | |
| parent | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (diff) | |
docs: Added All NetBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man2/swapctl.2 b/static/netbsd/man2/swapctl.2 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..eba4c920 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man2/swapctl.2 @@ -0,0 +1,284 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: swapctl.2,v 1.40 2024/02/04 05:43:05 mrg Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Matthew R. Green +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. 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All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd May 17, 2010 +.Dt SWAPCTL 2 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm swapctl +.Nd modify swap configuration +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In unistd.h +.In sys/swap.h +.Ft int +.Fn swapctl "int cmd" "void *arg" "int misc" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +function is used to add and delete swap devices, and modify their +configuration. +.Pp +The +.Fa cmd +parameter specifies the operation to be performed. +The +.Fa arg +and +.Fa misc +parameters have different meanings, depending on the +.Fa cmd +parameter. +.Bl -enum -offset indent +.It +If +.Fa cmd +is +.Dv SWAP_NSWAP , +the current number of swap devices in the system is returned. +The +.Fa arg +and +.Fa misc +parameters are ignored. +.It +If +.Fa cmd +is +.Dv SWAP_STATS , +the current statistics for swap devices are returned in the +.Fa arg +parameter. +No more than +.Fa misc +swap devices are returned. +The +.Fa arg +parameter should point to an array of at least +.Fa misc +struct swapent structures: +.Bd -literal +struct swapent { + dev_t se_dev; /* device id */ + int se_flags; /* entry flags */ + int se_nblks; /* total blocks */ + int se_inuse; /* blocks in use */ + int se_priority; /* priority */ + char se_path[PATH_MAX+1]; /* path to entry */ +}; +.Ed +.Pp +The flags are defined as +.Bd -literal + SWF_INUSE in use: we have swapped here + SWF_ENABLE enabled: we can swap here + SWF_BUSY busy: I/O happening here + SWF_FAKE fake: still being built +.Ed +.It +If +.Fa cmd +is +.Dv SWAP_ON , +the +.Fa arg +parameter is used as a pathname of a file to enable swapping to. +The +.Fa misc +parameter is used to set the priority of this swap device. +.It +If +.Fa cmd +is +.Dv SWAP_OFF , +the +.Fa arg +parameter is used as the pathname of a file to disable swapping from. +The +.Fa misc +parameter is ignored. +.It +If +.Fa cmd +is +.Dv SWAP_CTL , +the +.Fa arg +and +.Fa misc +parameters have the same function as for the +.Dv SWAP_ON +case, except that they change the priority of a currently enabled swap device. +.It +If +.Fa cmd +is +.Dv SWAP_DUMPDEV , +the +.Fa arg +parameter is used as the pathname of a device to use as the dump device, +should the system panic. +.It +If +.Fa cmd +is +.Dv SWAP_GETDUMPDEV , +the +.Fa arg +parameter points to a dev_t, which is filled in by the current dump device. +.El +.Pp +When swapping is enabled on a block device, the first portion of the disk is +left unused to prevent any disklabel present from being overwritten. +This space is allocated from the swap device when the +.Dv SWAP_ON +command is used. +.Pp +The priority of a swap device can be used to fill faster swap devices before +slower ones. +A priority of 0 is the highest, with larger numbers having lower priority. +For a fuller discussion on swap priority, see the +.Sx SWAP PRIORITY +section in +.Xr swapctl 8 . +.Sh RETURN VALUES +If the +.Fa cmd +parameter is +.Dv SWAP_NSWAP +or +.Dv SWAP_STATS , +.Fn swapctl +returns the number of swap devices, if successful. +The +.Dv SWAP_NSWAP +command is always successful. +Otherwise it returns 0 on success and \-1 +on failure, setting the global variable +.Va errno +to indicate the error. +.Sh ERRORS +.Fn swapctl +succeeds unless: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EACCES +Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix. +.It Bq Er EBUSY +The device specified by +.Fa arg +has already been made available for swapping. +.It Bq Er EFAULT +.Fa arg +points outside the process' allocated address space. +.It Bq Er EINVAL +The device configured by +.Fa arg +has no associated size, or the +.Fa cmd +was unknown. +.It Bq Er EIO +An I/O error occurred while opening the swap device. +.It Bq Er ELOOP +Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname. +.It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG +A component of a pathname exceeded +.Brq Dv NAME_MAX +characters, or an entire path name exceeded +.Brq Dv PATH_MAX +characters. +.It Bq Er ENOENT +The named device does not exist. +For the +.Dv SWAP_CTL +command, the named device is not currently enabled for swapping. +.It Bq Er ENOTDIR +A component of the path prefix is not a directory. +.It Bq Er ENXIO +The major device number of +.Fa arg +is out of range (this indicates no device driver exists +for the associated hardware); or +the block device specified by +.Fa arg +is not marked as a swap partition in the disklabel. +.It Bq Er EPERM +The caller is not the super-user. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr swapctl 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn swapctl +function call appeared in +.Nx 1.3 . +The +.Fa se_path +member was added to +.Va struct swapent +in +.Nx 1.4 , +when the header file was also moved from +.In vm/vm_swap.h +to its current location in +.In sys/swap.h . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The current swap system was designed and implemented by +.An Matthew Green Aq Mt mrg@eterna23.net , +with help from +.An Paul Kranenburg Aq Mt pk@NetBSD.org +and +.An Leo Weppelman Aq Mt leo@NetBSD.org , +and insights from +.An Jason R. Thorpe Aq Mt thorpej@NetBSD.org . |
