linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] NOMMU: Fix MAP_PRIVATE mmap() of objects where the data can be mapped directly

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Date:	Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:01:28 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, graff.yang@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, penberg@...helsinki.fi,
	lethal@...ux-sh.org, mel@....ul.ie, gerg@...pgear.com,
	stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NOMMU: Fix MAP_PRIVATE mmap() of objects where the data
 can be mapped directly

On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:39:17 +0100 David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> wrote:

> Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> 
> > > Note that this fix does the following commit differently:
> > > 
> > > 	commit a190887b58c32d19c2eee007c5eb8faa970a69ba
> > > 	Author: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> > > 	Date:   Sat Sep 5 11:17:07 2009 -0700
> > > 	nommu: fix error handling in do_mmap_pgoff()
> > 
> > I don't understand what you're saying here.
> 
> Sorry, I was attempting to point out that this appears to revert some of that
> patch - whilst this is true, it then implements the fix differently.
> 

OK.

And what are your opinions on the -stable desirability?
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