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Re: [Xen-devel] mini-os: sbrk() doesn't allocate pages?


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  • From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:42:04 +0200
  • Delivery-date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:42:30 -0700
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xensource.com>

Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>   Hi,
> 
> I'm wondering how the mini-os heap allocater work.  The sbrk() function
> in mm.c seems to *not* allocate pages for the heap.  Instead it uses the
> zero page and maps it into the heap space when a new page is needed ...
> 
> I can't believe is is supposed to work that way.  Is that a bug?  Did I
> miss some logic somewhere in the code?

Oh, cow in the pagefault handler, that is the missing bit ...

cheers,
  Gerd


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