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+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd July 19, 2003
+.Dt VM_MAP_INHERIT 9
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm vm_map_inherit
+.Nd set fork inheritance flags for a range within a map
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In sys/param.h
+.In vm/vm.h
+.In vm/vm_map.h
+.Ft int
+.Fo vm_map_inherit
+.Fa "vm_map_t map" "vm_offset_t start" "vm_offset_t end"
+.Fa "vm_inherit_t new_inheritance"
+.Fc
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn vm_map_inherit
+function sets the inheritance flags for the range
+.Fa start
+to
+.Fa end
+within the target
+.Fa map
+to the value
+.Fa new_inheritance .
+.Pp
+The
+.Fa new_inheritance
+flag must have one of the values
+.Dv VM_INHERIT_NONE ,
+.Dv VM_INHERIT_COPY ,
+or
+.Dv VM_INHERIT_SHARE .
+This affects how the map will be shared with child maps when the
+associated process forks.
+.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
+The
+.Fn vm_map_inherit
+function obtains a lock on the
+.Fa map
+using
+.Xr vm_map_lock 9
+for the duration of the function.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+The
+.Fn vm_map_inherit
+function returns
+.Dv KERN_SUCCESS
+if the inheritance flags could be set.
+Otherwise, if the provided flags were invalid,
+.Dv KERN_INVALID_ARGUMENT
+will be returned.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr fork 2
+.Sh AUTHORS
+This manual page was written by
+.An Bruce M Simpson Aq bms@spc.org .