Re: Address translation

[Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>]

Hi!

> otherwise valid) I think the access macros are unnecessary. I would be
> *very* glad if someone could confirm this, or shoot me down. :)
> 
> For instance, a kernel module I am writing allocates some memory in
> the current process's address space as follows:
> 
>     down(&mm->mmap_sem);
>     s->table = (void **)get_unmapped_area(0, SIZEOF_TABLE);
>     if ( s->table != NULL )
>         do_brk((unsigned long)s->table, SIZEOF_TABLE);
>     up(&mm->mmap_sem);
> 
> Some questions:
>  (1) In a "top half" thread, can I now access this memory without the
>      access macros (since I know the address range is valid)?
>  (2) Can I also access this memory from an interrupt/exception
>      context, or must I lock it? (ie. can faults be handled from such
>      a context) 

poof! I've shooted you.

You may definitely access such memory from interrupt.

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