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| author | Pascal Bellard <pascal.bellard@slitaz.org> |
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| date | Tue May 10 07:46:30 2022 +0000 (2022-05-10) |
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1 GNU libsigsegv is a library for handling page faults in user mode.
2 A page fault occurs when a program tries to access to a region of memory
3 that is currently not available.
5 Catching and handling a page fault is a useful technique for implementing:
7 pageable virtual memory,
8 memory-mapped access to persistent databases,
9 generational garbage collectors,
10 stack overflow handlers,
11 distributed shared memory,
12 ...