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[Xen-devel] Re: xsd_kva mmap

* Keir Fraser (Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> 
> On 6 Mar 2006, at 18:30, Chris Wright wrote:
> 
> >I did an almost identical patch to yours for xsd_kva mmap.  You'll find
> >it below.  I just saw the conflict when updating, and think that we
> >may want to merge approaches.  Main difference is in populating the
> >ops, and making xsd_kva rdwr.  The first is just cleanup, the second I
> >don't believe is functional in your version.  Can't open rdwr and mmap
> >PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE and 0400 file.  Also, I just drop the read 
> >interface
> >entirely, as it's no longer needed.  I'll follow this up with the 
> >actual
> >diff between the two.
> 
> Also, your patch would need to set vma->vm_pgoff before calling 
> remap_pfn_range(), or the unmap code will incorrectly mess with page 
> reference counts (because the skanky VM_PFNMAP check in vm_normal_page 
> would not trigger and so that function will return non-NULL).

Thanks for the eyes, esp. considering that's what the original fix was
all about ;-)

thanks,
-chris

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