Benjamin C.R. LaHaise writes:
> Okay, so how about changing the SHM code to make use of pte_alloc and co?
> If we do that, then we can also make the optimisation of sharing ptes for
> really big SHM segments.
It's unneeded that its using indirect pointers - the code in no way is
reliant on a two level scheme at all.
Note that this array is only used so that SHM can keep track of the ptes
its allocated for paging them in/out of memory. It's not used as actual
page tables.
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