Re: [RFC][PATCH] Avoid vmtruncate/mmap-page-fault race

Daniel Phillips
2003-05-23T17:10:58Z

On Friday 23 May 2003 18:21, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> Sorry, I miss the point of this patch entirely. At the moment it just
> looks like an unattractive rearrangement - the code churn akpm advised
> against - with no bearing on that vmtruncate race. Please correct me.

This is all about supporting cross-host mmap (nice trick, huh?). Yes,
somebody should post a detailed rfc on that subject.

Regards,

Daniel