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From: "Chen, Kenneth W" <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: RE: [patch] make exception handler in copy_user more robust
Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 02:11:08 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200509070211.j872Bng21886@unix-os.sc.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200509062306.j86N64g19803@unix-os.sc.intel.com>

david mosberger wrote on Tuesday, September 06, 2005 7:08 PM
> On 9/6/05, Chen, Kenneth W <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone need precise partial copy_user,
> > meaning copy all the bytes up until faulting address?
> 
> Yes, I'm pretty sure that's the case.  I recall seeing problems with
> mount option copying when copy_user doesn't give the exact number of
> bytes that haven't been copied.

OK, in that case, we won't be able to simplify too much code in the
exception handler.  Good for me :-p

- Ken


      parent reply	other threads:[~2005-09-07  2:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-09-06 23:05 [patch] make exception handler in copy_user more robust Chen, Kenneth W
2005-09-07  1:10 ` david mosberger
2005-09-07  1:49 ` Chen, Kenneth W
2005-09-07  2:07 ` david mosberger
2005-09-07  2:11 ` Chen, Kenneth W [this message]

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