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Date:      Sun, 20 Mar 2011 03:02:59 -0500
From:      Alan Cox <alan.l.cox@gmail.com>
To:        J L <dimitar9909@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Question about Reverse Mappings in FreeBSD.
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On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 7:30 PM, J L <dimitar9909@gmail.com> wrote:

> I read an article about Reverse Mappings technique in memory management
> part. It improves a lot from Linux 2.4 to 2.6. I am wondering is FreeBSD
> also have this feature? Which source files should I go to find these? I
> want
> to do some study on this.
> Wish someone can enlighten me. Thank you.
>


Reverse mappings are implemented by the machine-dependent layer of the
virtual memory system, which is called the "pmap".  Look for files named
pmap.c in the source tree, such as sys/amd64/amd64/pmap.c.  In particular,
look for the code that manages pv entries.

Alan



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