Re: [patch 6/12] hold atomic kmaps across generic_file_read

Linus Torvalds
2002-08-12T20:24:46Z

On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Daniel Phillips wrote:
>
> That's the whole point of this: it's not a bug anymore. (It's a feature.)

Well, it's a feature only if _intentional_, so I think Rusty's argument
was that we should call it something else than "copy_to/from_user()" if
we're ready to accept the fact that it fails for random reasons..

Linus