linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] page fault retry with NOPAGE

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Date:	Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:19:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
To:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] page fault retry with NOPAGE_RETRY



On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> 
> This wait is interruptible. However, we have no way to fail "gracefully"
> from no_page() if the routine we use underneath returns a failure due to
> a signal (we use, logically, -EINTR). It's a generic issue with no_page
> handlers. They can either wait non-interruptibly, or fail with a sigbus
> or oom result.

I certainly personally have nothing against adding a NOPAGE_RETRY, it 
seems very straightforward. 

		Linus
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