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Re:Async hazard: MMAP is blocking IO by raggi on Saturday August 24, 2024 @11:32PM (#41344138)
fair pushback, though s/unless they're also modifying the page table/unless they're also accessing the page table/, as it too needs to be synchronized. so yes, sometimes it has no effect, but given how often programs end up loading, crosstalk is super common
Re:Async hazard: MMAP is blocking IO by cbsmith on Sunday August 25, 2024 @02:44AM (#41345010)
Crosstalk is absolutely common for a number of operations, but that crosstalk is NOT the same as blocking until the page is loaded into RAM. That operation is blocking on IO.