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Correct an obscure PV entry leak in the recent change to amd64's pmap_enter()
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Authored by alc on Jul 4 2018, 7:07 PM.
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Hypothetically, pmap_enter() could replace a managed mapping by an unmanaged mapping, in which case, pmap_enter() would currently leak the unlinked PV entry. This change frees that PV entry when the new mapping is unmanaged.

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I noticed this bug while reading the i386 pmap code. :)

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Jul 4 2018, 7:30 PM
This revision was automatically updated to reflect the committed changes.

I noticed this bug while reading the i386 pmap code. :)

I'm working on the i386 version. As you may have noticed, the i386 pmap has the CoW problem, but not the PV entry allocation problem.