MIT 6.1810 Lab: copy-on-write fork (Fall 2026)

Share pages read-only after fork, copy on the write fault, and reference-count physical pages so they are freed exactly once.

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The exercise happens on MIT 6.1810. Canonical link: https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.1810/2026/labs/cow.html. Link check: link responded (5 Oct 2026). Opened from this app 0 times; opening is not counted as an attempt.

Supports: Page-fault handling and physical-page ownership in a real kernel.

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