From: Dan Smith <danms@us.ibm.com>
To: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Ensure that walk_page_range()'s start and end are page-aligned
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:52:52 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zkcm23az.fsf@caffeine.danplanet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1202130211400.4324@chino.kir.corp.google.com> (David Rientjes's message of "Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:12:21 -0800 (PST)")
DR> It doesn't "ensure" anything without CONFIG_DEBUG_VM enabled, which
DR> isn't the default.
Are you proposing a change in verbiage or a stronger check? A
VM_BUG_ON() seemed on par with other checks, such as the one in
get_user_pages_fast().
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-13 14:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-10 19:39 Dan Smith
2012-02-10 19:45 ` Michal Nazarewicz
2012-02-10 19:57 ` Dan Smith
2012-02-10 20:13 ` Michal Nazarewicz
2012-02-13 10:12 ` David Rientjes
2012-02-13 14:52 ` Dan Smith [this message]
2012-02-13 21:55 ` David Rientjes
2012-02-14 14:59 ` Dan Smith
2012-02-14 21:04 ` David Rientjes
2012-02-15 14:39 ` Dan Smith
2012-02-24 19:19 ` Dan Smith
2012-02-24 20:55 ` Andrew Morton
2012-02-24 21:03 ` Dan Smith
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2012-02-10 15:53 Dan Smith
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