Re: Re: A race condition in xenlinux exit_mmap

[Ben Thomas <bthomas@virtualiron.com>]

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I agree.  This is why we never submitted it, and I
wanted you to understand that it was a "data point"
and not an answer.

regards,
-b

hanzhu wrote:
> This patch just fail the sanity check. It should fix the bug. However, 
> it didn't fix the root cause.
> I'm afraid Keir will not allow to add another VM_XXX flag.
> 
> _______________________________________________________
> Best Regards,
> hanzhu
> 
> 
> 
> Ben Thomas дµÀ:
> 
>> Xin,
>>
>> I'm attaching a patch that we've been using since late May/early June to
>> address an "Eeek" issues. Since we applied the patch, we haven't seen the
>> issue.  As this was some time ago, I cannot recall if this is the same
>> problem that you're seeing now. The patch wasn't submitted, as it isn't
>> particularly clean. It's one of the many "some day soon" patches that we
>> need to get resubmitted after a bit more work. I attach it here, not 
>> because
>> I believe that it is "the answer", but as a data point for you.
>>
>> -b
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