in ldd3 no page is implemented as the code posted below (page 428).
can someone explain why should we subtract vma->vm_start?
struct page *simple_vma_nopage(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long address, int *type)
{
struct page *pageptr;
unsigned long offset = vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT;
unsigned long physaddr = address - vma->vm_start + offset; // why
should we subtract vma->vm_start ?
unsigned long pageframe = physaddr >> PAGE_SHIFT;
if (!pfn_valid(pageframe))
return NOPAGE_SIGBUS;
pageptr = pfn_to_page(pageframe);
get_page(pageptr);
if (type)
*type = VM_FAULT_MINOR;
return pageptr;
}
thank you
Ali Aminian.
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