Re: MMU related code

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On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 00:08:12 +0800, Carter Cheng said:

> Where do I find the code in the kernel related to the MMU and resolving
> memory addresses? I am trying to understand what the implications are if
> code like this has bugs and the impact on the various functions that return
> chunks of memory for use via pointers (either as pages or kmalloc chunks)
> etc.

The results are easy enough to predict even without looking at the code.  If your
memory allocations are buggy, you get random memory overlays and corruption,
attempts to access non-mapped physical or virtual memory addresses, and so on.

Basically, all the same sorts of issues beginning C programmers encounter before
they understand pointers.

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