vm_area_unmap_pages(9)

💅 vm_area_unmap_pages(9) 💅

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie 💖. Today's main character is vm_area_unmap_pages, and she is literally here to unmap pages inside a given sparse vm_area. That's the vibe. No cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

vm_area_unmap_pages — unmap pages inside given sparse vm_area

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void vm_area_unmap_pages (struct vm_struct *area , unsigned long start ,
       unsigned long end );

that's the signature, copy-paste exact energy, periodt 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• area — the vm_area; the synopsis says struct vm_struct *area, so that's the pointer bestie is working with 🫶
• start — start address inside vm_area
• end — end address inside vm_area

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Kernel file ./mm/vmalloc.c, bestie. The whole linked crew, in the original order:

• vunmap_range(9)
• vmap_pages_range(9)
• vm_area_map_pages(9)
• new_vmap_block(9)
• vm_unmap_aliases(9)
• vm_unmap_ram(9)
• vm_map_ram(9)
• vm_area_add_early(9)
• vm_area_register_early(9)
• get_vm_area(9)
• find_vm_area(9)
• remove_vm_area(9)
• vfree_atomic(9)
• vfree(9)
• vunmap(9)
• vmap(9)
• vmap_pfn(9)
• __vmalloc_node_range(9)
• __vmalloc_node(9)
• vmalloc(9)
• vmalloc_huge_node(9)
• vzalloc(9)
• vmalloc_user(9)
• vmalloc_node(9)
• vzalloc_node(9)
• vrealloc_node_align(9)
• vmalloc_32(9)
• vmalloc_32_user(9)
• vread_iter(9)
• remap_vmalloc_range_partial(9)
• remap_vmalloc_range(9)
• pvm_find_va_enclose_addr(9)
• pvm_determine_end_from_reverse(9)
• pcpu_get_vm_areas(9)
• pcpu_free_vm_areas(9)

cute sign-off bestie: source/version ./mm, date October 2026, and the page is vm_area_unmap_pages(9). mwah, go off 💋✨