linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 001/104] KVM: Fix *nopage() in kvm

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Message-ID: <46EE4683.7070205@qumranet.com>
Date:	Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:18:59 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>, kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Nguyen Anh Quynh <aquynh@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 001/104] KVM: Fix *nopage() in kvm_main.c

Avi Kivity wrote:
> Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>   
>> On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 10:30:43AM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> From: Nguyen Anh Quynh <aquynh@...il.com>
>>>
>>> *nopage() in kvm_main.c should only store the type of mmap() fault if
>>> the pointers are not NULL. This patch fixes the problem.
>>>     
>>>       
>> Care to convert it to ->faul while you're at it?
>>   
>>     
>
> I'll add this to my todo, though not sure It'll be in time for .24.  If
> someone sends a patch I'll apply it.
>
>   

I should mention that the converting to use ->fault() is a 15-minute
change; the tricky part is adding backwards compatibility for the
external module package.


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