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List:       linux-mm
Subject:    Re: [patch 2/5] mm: fault vs invalidate/truncate race fix
From:       Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh () kernel ! crashing ! org>
Date:       2006-10-21 1:53:25
Message-ID: 1161395605.10524.227.camel () localhost ! localdomain
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> Without looking at any code, perhaps we could instead run get_user_pages
> and copy the memory that way.

I have a deep hatred for get_user_pages().... maybe not totally rational
though :) It will also only work with things that are actually backed up
by struct page. Is that ok in your case ?

Ben.


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