"Neal H. Walfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Nope, the page is freed. The only memory that is consumed is the > associations in the two hashes. However, I have now become convinced > that the better strategy is to drop the association in the release > function if the kernel does not have a copy.
Ok, so now you've said two inconsistent things. When a page is paged out, what happens, exactly? Does it always get freed, or only when there are no references left? Does the association between the VM page and the disk remain, or not, and always, or only sometimes? It sounds like you have now said "don't worry, if there are references nothing is freed", and now, "don't worry, everything is always freed (or would be if your better strategy is adopted)." Thomas _______________________________________________ Bug-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd
