Roland McGrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This might be a known kernel problem, I'm just a bit sketchy on the details. > That is, the Hurd code that does wiring (libshouldbeinlibc/wire.c) makes > the pages writable and pokes them before doing vm_wire.
This is because there were kernel bugs if you get a pagein on wired memory. That is, the kernel assumes that wired memory is *already* in core. The little poking routine is to do our best to make sure we don't have that problem. _______________________________________________ Bug-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd
