Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 01 Aug 2005 19:27:26 +1000 | From | Nick Piggin <> | Subject | Re: [patch 2.6.13-rc4] fix get_user_pages bug |
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Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>>Feedback please, anyone. > > > it looks good to me, but wouldnt it be simpler (in terms of patch and > architecture impact) to always retry the follow_page() in > get_user_pages(), in case of a minor fault? The sequence of minor faults
I believe this can break some things. Hugh posted an example in his recent post to linux-mm (ptrace setting a breakpoint in read-only text). I think?
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