From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 11:18:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.13-rc4] fix get_user_pages bug In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20050801032258.A465C180EC0@magilla.sf.frob.com> <42EDDB82.1040900@yahoo.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Nick Piggin Cc: Robin Holt , Andrew Morton , Roland McGrath , Hugh Dickins , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel List-ID: On Mon, 1 Aug 2005, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > Ie something like the below (which is totally untested, obviously, but I > think conceptually is a lot more correct, and obviously a lot simpler). I've tested it, and thought more about it, and I can't see any fault with the approach. In fact, I like it more. So it's checked in now (in a further simplified way, since the thing made "lookup_write" always be the same as just "write"). Can somebody who saw the problem in the first place please verify? Linus -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org