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* Re: How to invalidate pages mapped with nopage vm_operation
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@ 2002-05-26 11:18 ` Michael Clark
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From: Michael Clark @ 2002-05-26 11:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: LKML; +Cc: Kernel Newbies

I got no reply from kernel-newbies. Any one can help me?

Do I use zap_page_range() ?? This doesn't seem to be
exported to modules. Any ideas what to do?

~mc

On 05/24/02 22:47, Michael Clark wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a char driver that implements mmap by overriding the
> nopage vm_operation (rather than using remap_page_range).
>
> What it the correct way to invalidate these mappings
> so I will re-take a fault on the next access to the addresses
> previously mapped by my nopage function?
>
> ~mc
>
>
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