diff --git a/kernel-src/arch/x86-64/kvmclock.c b/kernel-src/arch/x86-64/kvmclock.c
index d3f4ac47..4515df86 100644
--- a/kernel-src/arch/x86-64/kvmclock.c
+++ b/kernel-src/arch/x86-64/kvmclock.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static timekeeper_source_info_t *kvm_timer_init(void) {
 
 	int page_offset = (uintptr_t)virtual_address % PAGE_SIZE;
 	void *virtual_page = (void *)((uintptr_t)virtual_address - page_offset);
-	void *physical_page = vmm_getphysical(virtual_page, false);
+	void *physical_page = vmm_getphysical(virtual_page, 0);
 	__assert(physical_page);
 
 	timekeeper_source_info->private = (void *)((uintptr_t)physical_page + page_offset);
diff --git a/kernel-src/include/kernel/vmm.h b/kernel-src/include/kernel/vmm.h
index 8d4c7d96..f85a52b1 100644
--- a/kernel-src/include/kernel/vmm.h
+++ b/kernel-src/include/kernel/vmm.h
@@ -101,7 +101,10 @@ void vmm_unmap(void *addr, size_t size, int flags);
 bool vmm_pagefault(void *addr, bool user, int actions);
 vmmcontext_t *vmm_newcontext();
 void vmm_switchcontext(vmmcontext_t *ctx);
-void *vmm_getphysical(void *addr, bool hold);
+
+#define VMM_GET_PHYSICAL_FLAGS_HOLD 1
+#define VMM_GET_PHYSICAL_FLAGS_LOCK 2
+void *vmm_getphysical(void *addr, int flags);
 void vmm_apinit();
 void vmm_init();
 
diff --git a/kernel-src/include/x86-64/arch/mmu.h b/kernel-src/include/x86-64/arch/mmu.h
index 7c3bfe37..95479b91 100644
--- a/kernel-src/include/x86-64/arch/mmu.h
+++ b/kernel-src/include/x86-64/arch/mmu.h
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #define ARCH_MMU_FLAGS_UC (1 << 4)
 #define ARCH_MMU_FLAGS_WC ((1 << 12) | (1 << 3)) // PAT5 (limine sets up the 5th PAT entry as WC)
 
+#define PAGE_MASK 0xfffffffffffff000lu
+
 #define ARCH_MMU_REQUIRED_FLAGS ARCH_MMU_FLAGS_READ
 
 typedef uint64_t mmuflags_t;
diff --git a/kernel-src/io/iovec.c b/kernel-src/io/iovec.c
index f3acbc9d..1acdaee0 100644
--- a/kernel-src/io/iovec.c
+++ b/kernel-src/io/iovec.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ int iovec_iterator_next_page(iovec_iterator_t *iovec_iterator, size_t *page_offs
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	void *phys = vmm_getphysical((void *)((uintptr_t)addr - offset_in_page), true);
+	void *phys = vmm_getphysical((void *)((uintptr_t)addr - offset_in_page), VMM_GET_PHYSICAL_FLAGS_HOLD | VMM_GET_PHYSICAL_FLAGS_LOCK);
 	if (phys == NULL)
 		return EFAULT;
 
diff --git a/kernel-src/mm/vmm.c b/kernel-src/mm/vmm.c
index c3b5230e..7dfdd13a 100644
--- a/kernel-src/mm/vmm.c
+++ b/kernel-src/mm/vmm.c
@@ -694,7 +694,43 @@ bool vmm_pagefault(void *addr, bool user, int actions) {
 	return status;
 }
 
-void *vmm_getphysical(void *addr, bool hold) {
+/*
+static int lock_page(vmmspace_t *space, void *vaddr) {
+	vmmrange_t *range = getrange(space, vaddr);
+	if (!range)
+		return ENOENT;
+
+	void *mapped_address = arch_mmu_getphysical(current_vmm_context()->pagetable, vaddr);
+	bool present = arch_mmu_ispresent(current_vmm_context()->pagetable, vaddr);
+	bool writable = arch_mmu_iswritable(current_vmm_context()->pagetable, vaddr);
+	bool file_mapping = range->flags & VMM_FLAGS_FILE;
+	bool private = (range->flags & VMM_FLAGS_SHARED) == 0 || file_mapping == false;
+	void *real_phys;
+
+	// TODO anon with refcount == 1 can go into another cas
+	// TODO read-only permission checking for DMA
+	// TODO shared anonymous mappings are not handled properly by the kernel
+	if (present && writable == false && private)) {
+		// CoW cases (private mapping)
+		real_phys = pmm_allocpage(PMM_SECTION_DEFAULT);
+		if (real_phys == NULL)
+			return ENOMEM;
+
+		memcpy(MAKE_HHDM(real_phys), MAKE_HHDM(mapped_address), PAGE_SIZE);
+
+		arch_mmu_remap(current_vmm_context()->pagetable, real_phys, vaddr, range->mmuflags);
+		arch_mmu_invalidate_range(vaddr, PAGE_SIZE);
+		if (file_mapping == false || vfs_iscacheable(range->vnode))
+			pmm_release(mapped_address);
+	} else if (present == false && private) {
+		// not present private mapping case
+		real_phys = pmm_allocpage(PMM_SECTION_DEFAULT);
+		if (real_phys == NULL)
+	}
+}
+*/
+
+void *vmm_getphysical(void *addr, int flags) {
 	void *aligned_addr = (void *)ROUND_DOWN((uintptr_t)addr, PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	vmmspace_t *space = getspace(aligned_addr);
@@ -703,11 +739,19 @@ void *vmm_getphysical(void *addr, bool hold) {
 
 	MUTEX_ACQUIRE(&space->lock);
 
-	void *physical = arch_mmu_getphysical(current_vmm_context()->pagetable, aligned_addr);
+	void *physical;
+/*
+	if ((flags & VMM_GET_PHYSICAL_FLAGS_LOCK) && lock_page(space, aligned_addrr)) {
+		physical = NULL;
+		goto leave;
+	}*/
 
-	if (hold)
+	physical = arch_mmu_getphysical(current_vmm_context()->pagetable, aligned_addr);
+
+	if (flags & VMM_GET_PHYSICAL_FLAGS_HOLD)
 		pmm_hold(physical);
 
+	leave:
 	MUTEX_RELEASE(&space->lock);
 	return physical + ((uintptr_t)addr - (uintptr_t)aligned_addr);
 }
diff --git a/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/futex.c b/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/futex.c
index 557654df..4a633b99 100644
--- a/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/futex.c
+++ b/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/futex.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ syscallret_t syscall_futex(context_t *, uint32_t *futexp, int op, uint32_t value
 	if (unlikely(ret.errno))
 		goto cleanup;
 
-	uint32_t *physical = vmm_getphysical(futexp, false);
+	uint32_t *physical = vmm_getphysical(futexp, 0);
 	futex_t *futex = getfutex(physical);
 
 	switch (op) {