Re: Linux 2.4 Status / TODO page (Updated as of 2.4.0-test10)

Stephen C. Tweedie
2000-11-04T13:14:08Z

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