linux-kernel - Re: [take23 0/5] kevent: Generic event handling mechanism.

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Date:	Wed, 8 Nov 2006 11:21:48 +0300
From:	Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Chase Venters <chase.venters@...entec.com>,
	Johann Borck <johann.borck@...sedata.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Subject: Re: [take23 0/5] kevent: Generic event handling mechanism.

On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 02:17:18PM -0800, Andrew Morton (akpm@...l.org) wrote:
> From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
> 
> If kevent_user_wait() gets -EFAULT on the attempt to copy the first event, it
> will return 0, which is indistinguishable from "no events pending".
> 
> It can and should return EFAULT in this case.

Correct, I missed that.
Thanks Andrew, I will put into my tree, -mm seems to have it already.

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov
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