linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nommu: get_user_pages(): pin last page on non-page-aligned start

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Date:	Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:38:28 +0000
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, "Steven J. Magnani" <steve@...idescorp.com>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nommu: get_user_pages(): pin last page on non-page-aligned start

Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org> wrote:

> > The noMMU version of get_user_pages() fails to pin the last page
> > when the start address isn't page-aligned. The patch fixes this in a way
> > that makes find_extend_vma() congruent to its MMU cousin.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Steven J. Magnani <steve@...idescorp.com>
> 
> Looks good to me.  David?

I don't seem to have the original patch.

David
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