svn commit: r342213 - stable/11/share/man/man9

Konstantin Belousov kib at FreeBSD.org
Wed Dec 19 03:23:24 UTC 2018


Author: kib
Date: Wed Dec 19 03:23:23 2018
New Revision: 342213
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/342213

Log:
  MFC r342144:
  Document new required MI behaviour of pmap_enter(9) for CoW.

Modified:
  stable/11/share/man/man9/pmap_enter.9
Directory Properties:
  stable/11/   (props changed)

Modified: stable/11/share/man/man9/pmap_enter.9
==============================================================================
--- stable/11/share/man/man9/pmap_enter.9	Wed Dec 19 03:21:49 2018	(r342212)
+++ stable/11/share/man/man9/pmap_enter.9	Wed Dec 19 03:23:23 2018	(r342213)
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd February 16, 2018
+.Dd December 16, 2018
 .Dt PMAP_ENTER 9
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -119,6 +119,14 @@ It is advised to clear
 for destroyed mappings if the implementation can ensure
 that no other writeable managed mappings for the previously
 mapped pages exist.
+.Pp
+If the request modifies an existing mapping to use a different physical
+page, an implementation of
+.Nm
+must invalidate the previous mapping before installing the new one.
+This ensures that all threads sharing the pmap keep a consistent
+view of the mapping, which is necessary for the correct handling
+of CoW (copy on write) faults.
 .Pp
 If the page
 .Fa m


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