Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 20 Mar 2002 19:45:49 +0000 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: Creating a per-task kernel space for kmap, user pagetables, et al |
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[Any chance to make your mailer wrap lines after 76 lines? That would make reading a lot easier..]
On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 11:09:05AM -0800, Martin J. Bligh wrote: > Imagine we create a hybrid "u-k-space" with the protections of k-space, but the locality > of u-space .... either by making part of the current k-space per task or by making part of > the current u-space protected like k-space ... not sure which would be easier. > > This u-k-space would be a good area for at least two things (and probably others):
That has been implemented in Caldera OpenUnix in the last years. There was a nice overview paper by Steve Baumel and Rohit Chawla on this, called "Managing More Physical With Less Virtual" which I think appeared in some Y2000 Byte issue.
Christoph
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