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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] Introduce copy_user_handle_tail routine
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:

> See? We don't actually care about vma boundaries or anything like that. We
> just care about the only boundary that matters for faults: the page
> boundary.

I was thinking about find_vma() for memset, but, yes, it should never
fail in kernel space (unless bug) and find_vma() is unnecessary.
--
wbr, Vitaly


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