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From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
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Herbert Xu wrote:
>> If so, how can it be solved?
>>     
>
> Well since each individual page can be pulled out I think you
> just have to track them.
>   

Hm.  So if I get a destructor call from the shared_info, can I go an 
inspect the page refcounts to see if its really the last use?

    J
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