Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:48:44 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [patch] 'virtual => physical page mapping cache', vcache-2.5.38-B8 |
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On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > pin_page() calls get_user_pages(), which might block in handle_mm_fault().
Ok, I admit that sucks. Maybe that damn writable down() is the right thing to do after all. And let's hope most futexes don't block.
Linus
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