Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: mmap() bug in 2.1.106 | From | Andreas Schwab <> | Date | 26 Jun 1998 13:15:21 +0200 |
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> writes:
|> On 24 Jun 1998, Andreas Schwab wrote: |> > |> > What about the down() in the fault handler? It will usually be executed |> > while the kernel lock is held. Or do i miss something? |> |> Actually, it will usually be executed with no lock held at all, as most |> page faults by far happen from user mode..
This is true of course, what i wanted to say is that most of the copy_{from,to}_user and {get,put}_user are executed while the kernel lock is held.
Andreas.
-- Andreas Schwab "And now for something schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de completely different" schwab@gnu.org
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