linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/7] NOMMU: Use copy_*_user_page() in access_process

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Date:	Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:51:37 -0500
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	lethal@...ux-sh.org, jie.zhang@...log.com, stefani@...bold.net,
	gerg@...pgear.com, uclinux-dev@...inux.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] NOMMU: Use copy_*_user_page() in access_process_vm()

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 08:58, David Howells wrote:
> From: Jie Zhang <jie.zhang@...log.com>
>
> The MMU code uses the copy_*_user_page() variants in access_process_vm()
> rather than copy_*_user() as the former includes an icache flush.  This is
> important when doing things like setting software breakpoints with gdb.
> So switch the NOMMU code over to do the same.
>
> This patch makes the reasonable assumption that copy_from_user_page() won't
> fail - which is probably fine, as we've checked the VMA from which we're
> copying is usable, and the copy is not allowed to cross VMAs.  The one case
> where it might go wrong is if the VMA is a device rather than RAM, and that
> device returns an error which - in which case rubbish will be returned rather
> than EIO.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jie Zhang <jie.zhang@...log.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>

btw, there are also:
Acked-by: David McCullough <david_mccullough@...fee.com>
Acked-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
Acked-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@...inux.org>
-mike
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