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Commit 4d83d5cd authored by Fabio M. De Francesco's avatar Fabio M. De Francesco Committed by Jonathan Corbet
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Documentation/page_tables: Add info about MMU/TLB and Page Faults



Extend page_tables.rst by adding a section about the role of MMU and TLB
in translating between virtual addresses and physical page frames.
Furthermore explain the concept behind Page Faults and how the Linux
kernel handles TLB misses. Finally briefly explain how and why to disable
the page faults handler.

Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
Cc: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: default avatarLinus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatar"Fabio M. De Francesco" <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com>
Acked-by: default avatar"Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230818112726.6156-1-fmdefrancesco@gmail.com
parent f00c19c6
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