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Subject: Re: [PATCH] MTD: Retry Read/Write Transfer Buffer Allocations
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On Mon, 2011-04-04 at 09:05 -0700, Grant Erickson wrote:
> I propose a two-stage approach. This issue has been in the kernel for about
> six years. 
> 
> Can we take a modified version of Jarkko's or my simpler fixes for the first
> pass and then iterate toward the get_user_pages scatter/gather approach

Sure, I've just commented on your patch.

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Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём)