Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:26:45 -0500 | Subject | Re: copy_from_user / copy_to_user with no swap space | From | mfbaustx <> |
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> pages and memory-mapped files may be "swapped-out" even *without* a swap > device. As an example, when I first start /bin/bash (ignoring readahead
Fair enough. The kernel can reclaim pieces of RAM knowing that certain text sections will availble on the storage medium from which they were originally loaded. Right?
Also, I suppose one of the less obvious side-effects of using copy_to_user would be to cause a copy-on-write of a data section?
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