Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Nov 1999 20:48:34 -0200 (EDT) | From | Christian Robottom Reis <> | Subject | Re: what "COW" stands for in linux memory management? (eom) |
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On Sat, 6 Nov 1999 afei@jhu.edu wrote:
Copy-On-Write, a technique used to make forking processes very fast making use of page table mechanisms available on modern virtual-memory capable CPUs. It basically consists of write-protecting the parent process' pages , sharing it with the child process, and copying the page to a new write-enabled page on a write fault, for the child's enjoyment.
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