Re: [RFC] Arch option to touch newly allocated pages

Alan Cox
2002-03-04T18:35:35Z

> > alloc_pages is only called at the time the backing page is created -
> > by then it doesnt matter - its too late.
>
> *My* (i.e. the one inside UML) alloc_pages, not the host's would do the
> dirtying. That's the whole point. The UML alloc_pages would make sure
> that the pages it hands out are backed on the host before they are handed
> out to the rest of UML.

Ok got you - so its merely grossly ineffecient and downright rude to
other users of the system ?