From: david mosberger <dmosberger@gmail.com>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] make exception handler in copy_user more robust
Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 02:07:37 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ed5aea43050906190786bb99c@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200509062306.j86N64g19803@unix-os.sc.intel.com>
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.
--david
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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 [this message]
2005-09-07 2:11 ` Chen, Kenneth W
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