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From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/10] riscv: fix livelock in uaccess
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2023 17:11:40 +0100
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To: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 9:07 PM Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> riscv equivalent of 26178ec11ef3 "x86: mm: consolidate VM_FAULT_RETRY handling"
> If e.g. get_user() triggers a page fault and a fatal signal is caught, we might
> end up with handle_mm_fault() returning VM_FAULT_RETRY and not doing anything
> to page tables.  In such case we must *not* return to the faulting insn -
> that would repeat the entire thing without making any progress; what we need
> instead is to treat that as failed (user) memory access.
>
> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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