linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0 of 4] Generic AIO by scheduling stacks

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Date:	Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:25:30 -0800
From:	Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>
To:	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>
Cc:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-aio@...ck.org,
	Suparna Bhattacharya <suparna@...ibm.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0 of 4] Generic AIO by scheduling stacks

> without linking it into the system lists.  The reason I don't think  
> this
> approach works (and I looked at it a few times) is that many things  
> end
> up requiring special handling: things like permissions, signals,  
> FPU state,
> segment registers....

Can you share a specific example of the special handling required?

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