Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: fuse, get_user_pages, flush_anon_page, aliasing caches and all that again | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:29:42 +0100 |
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> So, given all this additional complexity _and_ that it would only be > safe on non-preempt UP, the question becomes: is using get_user_pages() > to access the current processes memory space legal? Given the above, > I would say not.
I'd say that copy_from_user is the right api for this, not get_user_pages + kmap hacks...
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