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    SubjectRe: atomic copy_from_user?
    On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 03:55:06PM -0500, Rob Love wrote:
    > On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 13:26, Joe Korty wrote:
    >
    > > Shouldn't the dec_prempt_count() in kunmap_atomic() be followed
    > > by a preempt_check_resched()???
    >
    > Probably.
    >
    > Actually, dec_preempt_count() ought to call preempt_check_resched()
    > itself. In the case of !CONFIG_PREEMPT, that call would simply optimize
    > away.
    >
    > Attached patch is against 2.6.0.

    If this is done then preempt_enable_no_resched() and preempt_enable() also
    need to be adjusted, as they both call dec_preempt_count().

    Joe
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