Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 30 Oct 2000 18:14:58 -0500 (EST) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Re: test10-pre7 |
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On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Ok, sync_page() looks like a broken design, but I suspect that for > expediency the simplest fix is to just make the NFS sync_page() (re-)check > for "mapping == NULL", and let it be at that. Avoid the NULL pointer > dereference (very small window already).
Fine with me. Just let's remember that it should be revisited in 2.5. What about filemap_swapout()? If you agree with checking ->mapping there... looks like we are done with that crap for the time being. If it's OK with you I'll send such patch against vanilla -pre7. Cheers, Al
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