From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 4 Nov 2000 08:14:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 4 Nov 2000 08:13:59 -0500 Received: from zeus.kernel.org ([209.10.41.242]:29969 "EHLO zeus.kernel.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 4 Nov 2000 08:13:52 -0500 Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:12:06 +0000 From: "Stephen C. Tweedie" To: Jeff Garzik Cc: tytso@mit.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jeremy@goop.org, "David S. Miller" , rgooch@atnf.csiro.au, sct@redhat.com Subject: Re: Linux 2.4 Status / TODO page (Updated as of 2.4.0-test10) Message-ID: <20001104131206.A10822@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <200011031509.eA3F9V719729@trampoline.thunk.org> <3A033A45.D8F6E952@mandrakesoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <3A033A45.D8F6E952@mandrakesoft.com>; from jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com on Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 05:20:53PM -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 05:20:53PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > > * kiobuf seperate lock functions/bounce/page_address fixes > > Do Stephen Tweedie's recently posted kiobuf patches fix this issue? Hopefully, but not 100%: there is still a race window on anonymous pages which needs to be fixed elsewhere in the VM. The window for mmaped files is closed in those patches, though. --Stephen - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/