<h2>host_default_memory_manager</h2>

<strong>Function</strong> - Establish the official connection between the kernel and its default pager task.

<h3>SYNOPSIS</h3>

<strong>kern_return_t host_default_memory_manager</strong>

<strong>(host_priv_t</strong> <var>host_priv</var>,

<strong>mach_port_make_send_t</strong> <var>default_manager</var>,

<strong>vm_size_t</strong> <var>cluster_size</var><strong>);</strong>

<h3>PARAMETERS</h3>

<dt> <var>host_priv</var>

[in host-control send right]

The control port naming the host for which

the default memory manager is to be set.

<dt> <var>default_manager</var>

[pointer to in/out default-pager send right]

A memory manager port to

the new default memory manager. If this value is <strong>MACH_PORT_NULL</strong>,

the old memory manager is not changed. The old memory

manager port is returned in this variable.

<dt> <var>cluster_size</var>

[in scalar]

The preferred cluster size (in bytes) for temporary memory

objects.

<h3>DESCRIPTION</h3>

The <strong>host_default_memory_manager</strong> function establishes the default

memory manager for a host. The named manager will be the target for future

<strong>memory_object_create</strong> calls.

<h3>RETURN VALUES</h3>

Only generic errors apply.

<h3>RELATED INFORMATION</h3>

Functions:

<a href="memory_object_create.html"><strong>memory_object_create</strong></a>,

<a href="vm_allocate.html"><strong>vm_allocate</strong></a>.