PMAP_ACTIVATE(9)

💖 PMAP_ACTIVATE(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel Developer's Manual — this is the pmap_activate era and honestly it's a whole thing ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

pmap_activate — activate a physical map, no cap 🗺️✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

like, first you gotta include the girlies:

#include <sys/param.h>
#include <vm/vm.h>
#include <vm/pmap.h>

then the actual icon herself:

void
pmap_activate(struct thread *td);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so the pmap_activate() function activates the physical map for a user thread td. it's giving "main character energy" for that thread's address space 💅

the rules are rules though, fr fr: this function must be called before the thread's address space may be accessed. like, do not skip this step, do not pass go, this is not a vibe you can freestyle 🫶

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• pmap(9) — go read her too, iykyk 👑

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🌈 AUTHORS 🌈

this manual page was written by Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org> — iconic behavior, we stan 😭💖

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lowkey a legend for writing this one down for us all 🎀

ok that's the whole page bestie, slay, go call pmap_activate() at the right time and stay hydrated 💧✨

— signing off from Debian, dated July 21, 2003 — yes she's vintage, she's still iconic, periodt 🦋💅