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@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ IO. The following example may be a useful explanation of how one such setup
7works: 7works:
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9- userspace app like Xfbdev mmaps framebuffer 9- userspace app like Xfbdev mmaps framebuffer
10- deferred IO and driver sets up nopage and page_mkwrite handlers 10- deferred IO and driver sets up fault and page_mkwrite handlers
11- userspace app tries to write to mmaped vaddress 11- userspace app tries to write to mmaped vaddress
12- we get pagefault and reach nopage handler 12- we get pagefault and reach fault handler
13- nopage handler finds and returns physical page 13- fault handler finds and returns physical page
14- we get page_mkwrite where we add this page to a list 14- we get page_mkwrite where we add this page to a list
15- schedule a workqueue task to be run after a delay 15- schedule a workqueue task to be run after a delay
16- app continues writing to that page with no additional cost. this is 16- app continues writing to that page with no additional cost. this is