Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 00:18:24 -0400 From: Jake Burkholder <jake@locore.ca> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sparc64 question.. Anyone out there? Message-ID: <20040520041824.GA6503@locore.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0405191228190.41838-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0405181248180.41838-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0405191228190.41838-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
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> > I'm not convinced that this is valid.. > > consider.. > > When you cycle through the processors above and remove the pointers to > > the vmspace, then proceed to destroy this vmspace, there is nothing done > > to make sure that the other procerssors are actually > > not USING the page tables etc. associated with the vmspace. The reference count on the vmspace. > > > > If we reclame the page tables.. surely there is a danger that another > > cpu by still be using them? No because there is only one kernel page table and all cpus start using it implicitly when they enter the kernel. Jake
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