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+.\"
+.\" Copyright (C) 2001 Chad David <davidc@acns.ab.ca>. All rights reserved.
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+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd July 17, 2001
+.Dt VM_PAGE_IO_START 9
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm vm_page_io_start ,
+.Nm vm_page_io_finish
+.Nd "ready or unready a page for I/O"
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In sys/param.h
+.In vm/vm.h
+.In vm/vm_page.h
+.Ft void
+.Fn vm_page_io_start "vm_page_t m"
+.Ft void
+.Fn vm_page_io_finish "vm_page_t m"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn vm_page_io_start
+function prepares the page for I/O by incrementing its busy flag by one.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn vm_page_io_finish
+function lowers the busy count on the page by one, if the resulting busy
+count is zero, a
+.Xr wakeup 9
+will be issued if the page has been marked
+.Dv PG_WANTED .
+A page is typically marked
+.Dv PG_WANTED
+by a thread to register its interest in
+the page to either complete I/O or becoming available for general use.
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.An -nosplit
+This manual page was written by
+.An Chad David Aq davidc@acns.ab.ca
+and
+.An Alfred Perlstein Aq alfred@FreeBSD.org .