2008/5/28 sahlot arvind <asahlot@xxxxxxxxx>:
> I am trying to understand how can I read the pte using pte_page. Please
> could you explain?
>
> On 5/28/08, Cédric Augonnet <cedric.augonnet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> 2008/5/28 sahlot arvind <asahlot@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> > I am working on Linux 2.6 and inside the init function of my module I am
>> > doing this -
>> >
>> > -------------
>> > init_module ()
>> > {
>> > va = kmalloc (4096, GFP_KERNEL);
>> > }
>> > --------------
>> >
>> > Now I want to read the page table entry for this va?
>> > What is the right way to do that?
>> > Thanks in advance
>> > - A
>> >
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is it not the pte_page macro that you are looking for ?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Cédric
>
>
>
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Perhaps this would to the trick
struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
pgd = pgd_offset(mm, address);
pmd = pmd_offset(pgd, address);
pte = *pte_offset_map(pmd, address);
page = pte_page(pte);
Actually, you don't need the last line if i read your initial question
more carefuly... sorry
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