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ptob(D3)


ptob -- convert size in pages to size in bytes

Synopsis

   #include <sys/types.h>
   #include <sys/ddi.h>
   

ulong_t ptob(ulong_t numpages);

Description

ptob returns the number of bytes that are contained in the specified number of pages.

Arguments


numpages
Size in pages to convert to equivalent size in bytes.

Return values

The return value is the number of bytes in the specified number of pages.

Usage

There is no checking done on the input value and overflow is not detected.

In the case of a page count whose corresponding byte count cannot be represented by a ulong_t the higher order bits are truncated.

Context and synchronization

All contexts.

Examples

If the page size is 2048, then ptob(2) returns 4096. ptob(0) returns 0.

References

btop(D3), btopr(D3)

Hardware applicability

All

Version applicability

ddi: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5mp, 6, 6mp, 7, 7mp, 7.1, 7.1mp, 8, 8mp
19 June 2005
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