Re: asynchronous page fault question

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On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 04:24:58PM +0300, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>  pfault_interrupt() puts tsk task to sleep (in case real page is
> missing), but wait if asynchronous page fault interrupt happens
> in non sleepable context? Can this even happen?

No. A (synchronous) pfault interrupt for a missing page happens only if
user space accesses a page.
Thats what the comparison and selection masks in the diag 0x258 parameter
list are good for. 

If a page is present again an interrupt is presented. But the context
doesn't matter in this case.
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