linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/8] UML

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Date:	Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:49:54 -0500
From:	Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>
To:	Roel Kluin <12o3l@...cali.nl>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	uml-devel <user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] UML - add virt_to_pte

On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 11:50:07AM +0100, Roel Kluin wrote:
> > +	if (!pte_present(*pte))
> > +		pte = NULL;
> 
> shouldn't you check again for (pte == NULL)?

No, because if the page isn't mapped, handle_page_fault would have
returned non-zero, and we would have already returned.

This is leaving aside issues of whether the page could have been
unmapped by another CPU (which isn't an issue right now, and for which
I have a patch to fix anyway).

				Jeff

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