linux-kernel - Re: VM: Fix nasty and subtle race in shared mmap'ed page writeback

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Message-ID: <20070104131902.GE28470@gelma.net>
Date:	Thu, 4 Jan 2007 14:19:02 +0100
From:	Andrea Gelmini <gelma@...ma.net>
To:	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
Subject: Re: VM: Fix nasty and subtle race in shared mmap'ed page writeback

On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 02:57:24PM +1100, Nick Piggin wrote:
> I wouldn't discount a kernel bug, but it will be hard to track down
> unless you can find an earlier kernel that did not cause the corruptions
> and/or provide source for a minimal test case to reproduce.

see my others reply, please.

thanks a lot for your time,
gelma
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