Re: Question on functions related to swapping in pages.

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On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:51:43 -0400
Arn <cse.syslab@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> So I assume that when a major fault happens, somehow get_user_pages()
> gets called, is that correct ?

No.  When a page fault happens, handle_mm_fault() is called.

The get_user_pages() path is when kernel code tries to access
the pages of a process that is not the current process.

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