Subject: Re: Problem with uvm_loan-breaking faults
To: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
From: Chuck Silvers <chuq@chuq.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 09/01/2002 21:06:58
hi,

your diagnosis is right, however for the fix I think it would be better
to handle the O->K case in uvm_fault() rather than in uvm_pagerealloc().
as it stands, the latter doesn't know anything about loaning, and
it's probably better to keep it that way.

good catch!

-Chuck


On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 10:50:48PM -0700, Jason R Thorpe wrote:
...
> The problem is that, in this scenario, the page needs to be removed from
> any pageq's it might be on.  A similar situation exists for A->K loans
> which are broken by a fault.
...