Kernel32VirtualFree(UIntPtr, UIntPtr, MemoryFreeType) Method

[DllImportAttribute("Kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
public static bool VirtualFree(
	UIntPtr address,
	UIntPtr size,
	MemoryFreeType freeType
)

<DllImportAttribute("Kernel32.dll", SetLastError := true>]
Public Shared Function VirtualFree ( 
	address As UIntPtr,
	size As UIntPtr,
	freeType As MemoryFreeType
) As Boolean

Dim address As UIntPtr
Dim size As UIntPtr
Dim freeType As MemoryFreeType

Dim returnValue As Boolean

returnValue = Kernel32.VirtualFree(address, 
	size, freeType)

public:
[DllImportAttribute(L"Kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
static bool VirtualFree(
	[InAttribute] UIntPtr address, 
	UIntPtr size, 
	MemoryFreeType freeType
)

[<DllImportAttribute("Kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)>]
static member VirtualFree : 
        address : UIntPtr * 
        size : UIntPtr * 
        freeType : MemoryFreeType -> bool 

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

Parameters

address  UIntPtr

A pointer to the base address of the region of pages to be freed.

If the freeType parameter is Release, this parameter must be the base address returned by the VirtualAlloc(IntPtr, IntPtr, MemoryAllocationType, MemoryProtectionOptions) function when the region of pages is reserved.

size  UIntPtr

The size of the region of memory to be freed, in bytes.

If the freeType parameter is Release, this parameter must be 0 (zero).

The function frees the entire region that is reserved in the initial allocation call to VirtualAlloc(IntPtr, IntPtr, MemoryAllocationType, MemoryProtectionOptions) function.

If the dwFreeType parameter is Decommit, the function decommits all memory pages that contain one or more bytes in the range from the address parameter to (address+size). This means, for example, that a 2-byte region of memory that straddles a page boundary causes both pages to be decommitted.

If address parameter is the base address returned by VirtualAlloc(IntPtr, IntPtr, MemoryAllocationType, MemoryProtectionOptions) and size parameter is 0 (zero), the function decommits the entire region that is allocated by VirtualAlloc(IntPtr, IntPtr, MemoryAllocationType, MemoryProtectionOptions). After that, the entire region is in the reserved state.

freeType  MemoryFreeType

The type of free operation.

Return Value

If the function fails, the return value is .

To get extended error information, call GetLastWin32Error.

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