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DateSat, 1 Aug 2009 11:52:27 -0400
FromChristoph Hellwig <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] Dirty page tracking & on-the-fly memory mirroring
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 09:01:13PM -0400, Jim Paradis wrote:
>
> This patch is a reference implementation of a memory-mirroring module
> ("pagesync"). It is the same code that Stratus uses minus some
> hardware-specific bits. This module scans through physical memory,
> clearing the hardware dirty bit of any dirty page and setting the
> software dirty bit. If a dirty page has the *hardware* dirty bit
> set on a subsequent scan, we know that the page has been re-dirtied
> and it is a candidate for being copied again.

As mentioned in the prevois mail example code is uttely useless. Please
post the real code for the stratus hardware, and also make in built-in
instead of opening big holes for external propritary modules.


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