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diff --git a/share/docs/ideas/kport.txt b/share/docs/ideas/kport.txt
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+++ b/share/docs/ideas/kport.txt
@@ -73,4 +73,7 @@ Description: KPORT facilitates seamless low-latency access to dedicated
- The kport pool MUST have no low-level memory caching
Notes:
The shadow layer exists as a sandbox to isolate the backing resource
- between itself and the kport layer.
+ between itself and the kport layer. It SHOULD contain a "shadow byte region"
+ (SBR), that is, an area reserved for shadow bytes used to detect clobbering
+ and allowing the kernel to respond accordingly (i.e., defer next write-back
+ and kill the process, among other things...)