zap_vma(9)

💅 NAME 💅

zap_vma — zaps, like, all the page table entries in a vma. every single one. gone. ✨

this is a Kernel API Manual page (section 9, kernel internals only, bestie — no userland shenanigans here), so buckle up 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void zap_vma (struct vm_area_struct *vma );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• vma — the vma to zap. that's the whole gig. hand it over and it gets zapped 💀

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

it lives in the kernel file ./include/linux/mm.h, and honestly the friend group is huge — here's everyone it's linked with 👑

folio_page_idx(9), vma_flag_t(9), fault_flag_allow_retry_first(9), vma_kernel_pagesize(9), folio_order(9), folio_reset_order(9), folio_mapcount(9), folio_mapped(9), thp_order(9), thp_size(9), folio_get(9), folio_put(9), folio_put_refs(9), folios_put(9), vma_flags_is_cow_mapping(9), vma_is_cow_mapping(9), vma_desc_is_cow_mapping(9), folio_pfn(9), folio_mk_pte(9), folio_mk_pmd(9), folio_mk_pud(9), folio_maybe_dma_pinned(9), is_zero_page(9), is_zero_folio(9), folio_nr_pages(9), folio_next(9), folio_shift(9), folio_size(9), folio_maybe_mapped_shared(9), folio_expected_ref_count(9), ptdesc_address(9), ptdesc_set_kernel(9), ptdesc_clear_kernel(9), ptdesc_test_kernel(9), pagetable_alloc(9), pagetable_free(9), vma_lookup(9), vma_start_pgoff(9), vma_end_pgoff(9), vma_last_pgoff(9), vma_start_anon_pgoff(9), vma_end_anon_pgoff(9), vma_last_anon_pgoff(9), mmap_action_remap(9), mmap_action_remap_full(9), mmap_action_ioremap(9), mmap_action_ioremap_full(9), mmap_action_simple_ioremap(9), mmap_action_map_kernel_pages(9), mmap_action_map_kernel_pages_full(9), range_is_subset(9), range_in_vma(9), range_in_vma_desc(9), clear_pages(9)

that's the whole page, bestie — short and iconic, it's giving minimalism 💜

source: ./include/linux · October 2026 · zap_vma(9) — mwah, see u in the next man page 🫶🎀