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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Fix mlockall for PROT_NONE mappings
On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 12:42:18PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:

> I added a new argument force==2 to get_user_pages that means to ignore
> SIGBUS or unaccessible pages errors. MAY_* is still checked for like
> with the old force ==1, it just doesn't error out now for SIGBUS
> errors on handle_mm_fault.

How about making it an enum or define for code readability? I'd much
rather see an IGNORE_BAD_PAGES or some such than a cryptic '2' in the
code. I can send a patch to that effect if you'd like?

Cheers,
Muli
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Muli Ben-Yehuda
http://www.mulix.org

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