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  remove ptes mapping the vma
 </p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">int <strong class="fsfunc">zap_vma_ptes </strong>(</code></td><td>struct vm_area_struct * <var class="pdparam">vma</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>unsigned long <var class="pdparam">address</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>unsigned long <var class="pdparam">size</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer">&#160;</div></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a id="idm139749899621072"></a><h2>Arguments</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>vma</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
     vm_area_struct holding ptes to be zapped
    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>address</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
     starting address of pages to zap
    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>size</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
     number of bytes to zap
    </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a id="idm139749899613840"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
   This function only unmaps ptes assigned to VM_PFNMAP vmas.
   </p><p>

   The entire address range must be fully contained within the vma.
   </p><p>

   Returns 0 if successful.
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