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FromRusty Russell <>
SubjectRe: [patch] futex-2.5.42-A2
DateFri, 18 Oct 2002 18:39:34 +1000
In message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0210161015260.4683-100000@localhost.localdomain> you 
write:> On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Rusty Russell wrote:> > If you do this, *please* add:> > 	/* Above check not sufficient if align of int < size.  Break link. */> > But in any case, this should not matter these days, all we need is a
> guarantee that the word is accessed atomically by the kernel when it reads
> it, pure int alignment should be enough for that.
Yes, this is true.  I used to not do get_user() on the value (the page
is pinned anyway), so it mattered.

Sorry for the confusion,
Rusty.
--
  Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.
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