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Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 15:33:21 -0700
From: William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com>
Subject: Re: [bcrl@redhat.com: [PATCH] 2.4.19-pre8 vm86 smp locking fix]
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On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 04:57:36PM -0400, Benjamin LaHaise wrote:
> arch/i386/kernel/vm86.c performs page table operations without obtaining 
> any locks.  This patch obtains page_table_lock around the the table walk 
> and modification.

Looks correct to me; IMHO it should be applied.


Cheers,
Bill
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