OK, I'm by no means an expert on this, but Libor and I looked at rmap.c a little more, and there is code:
if ((vma->vm_flags & (VM_LOCKED|VM_RESERVED)) || ptep_clear_flush_young(vma, address, pte)) { ret = SWAP_FAIL; goto out_unmap; } before the check if (PageSwapCache(page) && page_count(page) != page_mapcount(page) + 2) { ret = SWAP_FAIL; goto out_unmap; } If userspace allocates some memory but doesn't touch it aside from passing the address in to the kernel, which does get_user_pages(), the PTE will be young in that first test, right? Does that mean that the userspace mapping will be cleared and userspace will get a different physical page if it faults that address back in? - R. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/