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author | Jamie Liu <jamieliu@google.com> | 2019-03-14 08:11:36 -0700 |
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committer | Shentubot <shentubot@google.com> | 2019-03-14 08:12:48 -0700 |
commit | 8f4634997bd97810a85a70b71f000378d9db2e55 (patch) | |
tree | 903096f91ee8f201fa622296e0f04cf7c7cd9013 /pkg/sentry/fs/fsutil/README.md | |
parent | fb9919881c7dc98eaf97cad2a70d187bd78f1566 (diff) |
Decouple filemem from platform and move it to pgalloc.MemoryFile.
This is in preparation for improved page cache reclaim, which requires
greater integration between the page cache and page allocator.
PiperOrigin-RevId: 238444706
Change-Id: Id24141b3678d96c7d7dc24baddd9be555bffafe4
Diffstat (limited to 'pkg/sentry/fs/fsutil/README.md')
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/fsutil/README.md b/pkg/sentry/fs/fsutil/README.md index 6e677890c..8be367334 100644 --- a/pkg/sentry/fs/fsutil/README.md +++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/fsutil/README.md @@ -112,11 +112,12 @@ finds the file that was mapped and its `CachingInodeOperations`. It then calls It may choose to allocate more memory (i.e. do "readahead") to minimize subsequent faults. -Memory that is allocated comes from a host tmpfs file (see `filemem.FileMem`). -The host tmpfs file memory is brought up to date with the contents of the mapped -file on its filesystem. The region of the host tmpfs file that reflects the -mapped file is then mapped into the host address space of the application so -that subsequent memory accesses do not repeatedly generate a `SIGSEGV`. +Memory that is allocated comes from a host tmpfs file (see +`pgalloc.MemoryFile`). The host tmpfs file memory is brought up to date with the +contents of the mapped file on its filesystem. The region of the host tmpfs file +that reflects the mapped file is then mapped into the host address space of the +application so that subsequent memory accesses do not repeatedly generate a +`SIGSEGV`. The range that was allocated, including any extra memory allocation to minimize faults, is marked dirty due to the write fault. This overcounts dirty memory if |