From: Michal Simek <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:03:27 +0200
> David Miller wrote: >> From: Michal Simek <[email protected]> >> Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:03:11 +0200 >> >> >>> When I call mmap for that open file with pointer to calloc place >>> (first parameter, + length zero) it should be one tlb invalidation >>> for calloc and new tlb which connect open file. We check it and we >>> don't have any tlb invalidation that's why I think that kernel do >>> different thigs. Or is it there any copying? Or anything different? >>> >> >> There is no need to tlb flush the calloc area unless that memory area >> is actually touched by the user application and thus the page is >> faulted in. >> > That calloc area is filled by any value (in that test). Is it mean that > for this case when calloc area is touched > there must be tlb invalidation + remapping? Yes, if the calloc area is written to by the application, there should be a tlb flush when the mmap() overrides that virtual region with a different mapping. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge _______________________________________________ Ltp-list mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltp-list
