---
name: "vm_page_zero_fill"
section: "9"
platform: "linux"
package: "freebsd-manpages"
version: "6.0-5"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/vm_page_zero_fill"
---

# vm\_page\_zero\_fill(9)

zero fill a page

## NAME

**vm\_page\_zero\_fill** – zero fill a page

## SYNOPSIS

**#include \<sys/param.h\>**

**#include \<vm/vm.h\>**

**#include \<vm/vm\_page.h\>**

*boolean\_t*\

**vm\_page\_zero\_fill**(*vm\_page\_t m*);

## DESCRIPTION

The **vm\_page\_zero\_fill**() function zeros the given vm page by calling the machine dependent **pmap\_zero\_page**() routine.

**vm\_page\_zero\_fill**() always returns TRUE.

## AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Chad David ⟨davidc@acns.ab.ca⟩.