From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 13:49:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 13:49:43 -0500 Received: from pcep-jamie.cern.ch ([137.138.38.126]:42505 "EHLO pcep-jamie.cern.ch") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 13:49:34 -0500 Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 19:48:23 +0100 From: Jamie Lokier To: Leslie Donaldson Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Question: Memory change request Message-ID: <20010125194823.D5109@pcep-jamie.cern.ch> In-Reply-To: <3A6E79EA.C2AD3806@mailhost.cs.rose-hulman.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3A6E79EA.C2AD3806@mailhost.cs.rose-hulman.edu>; from donaldlf@hermes.cs.rose-hulman.edu on Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 12:44:58AM -0600 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Leslie Donaldson wrote: > I need a block of memory that can notify me or even a flag set when > it has been written to. I was thinking of letting the user code generate > some sort of page fault... Any random thoughts would be greatly > appreciated. Look for the Boehm garbage collector. It has code for handling and recovering from dirty page faults. -- Jamie - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/