git: 79d650f26277 - main - swapoff(2): document extended syscall arguments
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Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2021 22:21:09 UTC
The branch main has been updated by kib:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=79d650f26277b364be45c598dd498bff600bb4a6
commit 79d650f26277b364be45c598dd498bff600bb4a6
Author: Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2021-12-02 03:17:40 +0000
Commit: Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2021-12-04 22:20:58 +0000
swapoff(2): document extended syscall arguments
Reviewed by: markj
Discussed with: alc
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after: 1 week
Differential revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D33165
---
lib/libc/sys/swapon.2 | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/swapon.2 b/lib/libc/sys/swapon.2
index 47acbc2dc178..3a8da8f4f363 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/swapon.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/swapon.2
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" @(#)swapon.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd March 30, 2020
+.Dd December 2, 2021
.Dt SWAPON 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.It vm/vm_param.h
+.It vm/swap_pager.h
.In unistd.h
.Ft int
.Fn swapon "const char *special"
@@ -63,6 +65,40 @@ The
system call disables paging and swapping on the given device.
All associated swap metadata are deallocated, and the device
is made available for other purposes.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fa special
+argument points to either the string that names the special device
+used for swapping or the following structure
+.Bd -literal
+struct swapoff_new_args {
+ const char *name_old_syscall;
+ const char *name;
+ u_int flags;
+};
+.Ed
+that extends swapoff's interface to include optional flags.
+The
+.Va name_old_syscall
+member must be initialized to
+.Dv NULL
+for the system to recognize the extended interface.
+It is recommended that the whole structure be zeroed for future
+compatibility, due to padding.
+.Pp
+The
+.Va name
+string is the special device name, same as legacy syscall argument.
+.The
+.Va flags
+argument takes the following flags:
+.Bl -tag -width SWAPOFF_FORCE
+.It Dv SWAPOFF_FORCE
+Overrides a very conservative check that prevents swapoff
+if the total amount of free memory and remaining swap
+devices space might be unsufficient for the system to continue
+operating.
+.El
.Sh RETURN VALUES
If an error has occurred, a value of -1 is returned and
.Va errno