Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: Process VM Addr to Kernel VM Addr at Interrupt Time. | Date | Thu, 29 Apr 1999 13:31:15 +0100 (BST) |
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> mlock() doesn't fault the pages by itself. The user needs to do a read/write to > fault the pages in order to have the mlock take effect. Once this happens, it > should work.
Providing the user remembered
> The other option of allocation of kernel buffer and exporting the data to the user > using mmap using MAP_PRIVATE will never work.
Why would you use mmap private for this ?
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