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Common-Description:
This is a library for handling page faults in user mode. A page fault occurs
when a program tries to access to a region of memory that is currently not
available. Catching and handling a page fault is a useful technique for
implementing:
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- pageable virtual memory,
- memory-mapped access to persistent databases,
- generational garbage collectors,
- stack overflow handlers,
- distributed shared memory,
- ...
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