linux-kernel - Re: [linus:master] [eventfs] 852e46e239: BUG:unable_to_handle_page_fault_for

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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 09:09:03 -0800
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@...el.com>, oe-lkp@...ts.linux.dev, lkp@...el.com, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>, 
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>, 
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, 
	Ajay Kaher <ajay.kaher@...adcom.com>, linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [linus:master] [eventfs] 852e46e239: BUG:unable_to_handle_page_fault_for_address

On Tue, 30 Jan 2024 at 08:55, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> Let me just reboot into it to test that I got all the cases.
>
> It makes the code even more obvious, and avoids all the complexity.

Yup, this works at least for the case you pointed out, and it really
feels like the RightThing(tm) from a VFS standpoint.

NOTE! This patch is on top of my previous 5-patch series.

                 Linus

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