Re: [PATCH/RFC] Futex mmap_sem deadlock

Jamie Lokier
2005-02-24T00:12:55Z

Olof Johansson wrote:
> How's this? I went with get_val_no_fault(), since it isn't really a
> get_user.*() any more (ptr being passed in), and no_paging is a little
> misleading (not all faults are due to paging).

How ironic: I deliberately didn't choose "no_fault" because that
function *does* take page faults. It only disables paging operations! :)

-- Jamie