Re: Can a driver create a VMA?

[ttabi2@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Arjan van de Ven wrote:

> > What I'd like to do is create a new VMA for 
> > just the memory buffer, and then lock that VMA.  Locking the VMA is what 
> > really locks the buffer.
>
> oh? and what stops the other thread from mucking with the VMA ?

I don't understand your point.  Multiple threads can interfere with each 
other in thousands of different ways.  One thread can close a file that 
another opened, for example.  If an app is written in such a way that it 
interferes with itself, I would consider that a bug in the app.

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