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Date:      Wed, 28 Apr 1999 20:01:20 +0100 (BST)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To:        Dmitrij Tejblum <dt@freebsd.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/alpha pmap.c
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904281958590.41254-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <199904281552.IAA34436@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Dmitrij Tejblum wrote:

> dt          1999/04/28 08:52:11 PDT
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sys/alpha/alpha      pmap.c 
>   Log:
>   pmap_emulate_reference: don't ever lose PV_TABLE_MOD bit on page. If
>   PV_TABLE_REF cleared before PV_TABLE_MOD, the page may get fault on read again.
>   
>   On fault on write, pmap_emulate_reference mark the page dirty with
>   vm_page_dirty. That decrease ill effects of the bug.
>   
>   The problem probably become more serious after my rev.1.18 a week ago.

Is this connected with the 'pv_table for %x is inconsistent' panic? I
have seen this a couple of times recently but I haven't managed to debug
it.

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Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
Nonlinear Systems Ltd.			Phone: +44 181 442 9037




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