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Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:15:22 +0100 From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> To: Darren Hart <dvhltc@...ibm.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] futex: cleanup fault logic On Thu, 2009-03-12 at 00:56 -0700, Darren Hart wrote: > Older versions of the futex code held the mmap_sem which had to be > dropped in order to call get_user(), so a two-pronged fault handling > mechanism was employed to handle faults of the atomic operations. The > mmap_sem is no longer held, so get_user() should be adequate. This patch > greatly simplifies the logic and improves legibility. Thanks! -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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