From: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bruce.holzrichter@monster.com
Subject: Re: my slab cache broken on sparc64
Date: 04 May 2002 00:58:55 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m38z70kfdc.fsf@averell.firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <61DB42B180EAB34E9D28346C11535A781780F2@nocmail101.ma.tmpw.net> <20020503.140507.89264790.davem@redhat.com>
"David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com> writes:
>
> It would work if the access was surrounded by:
>
> old_fs = get_fs();
> set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
> ... get_user(kernel_pointer) ...
> set_fs (old_fs);
>
> But it is not.
It was supposed to be. I think we discussed it some time ago, but for
some reason it was never changed. Will submit a patch in a jiffie.
-Andi (to blame for that code)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-05-03 22:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-05-03 19:18 my slab cache broken on sparc64 Holzrichter, Bruce
2002-05-03 21:05 ` David S. Miller
2002-05-03 22:58 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
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2002-05-04 1:54 Holzrichter, Bruce
2002-05-04 3:15 Holzrichter, Bruce
2002-05-04 3:07 ` David S. Miller
2002-05-04 9:46 ` Roman Zippel
2002-05-05 12:44 Holzrichter, Bruce
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