Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 21 Jun 2005 20:38:51 +0100 (BST) | From | Hugh Dickins <> | Subject | Re: get_user_pages() and shared memory question |
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On Tue, 21 Jun 2005, Timur Tabi wrote: > > In this case, when a process creates a new memory segment, I just want to know > whether the pages with a non-zero refcount (because of the get_user_pages() > call) can ever be used in a new shared memory segment. > > I'm assuming the answer is no, because that would defeat the purpose of > refcount (right?).
Exactly right.
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