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    SubjectRe: [PATCH][RFC][0/4] InfiniBand userspace verbs implementation
    Andrew Morton wrote:

    > The way we expect get_user_pages() to be used is that the kernel will use
    > get_user_pages() once per application I/O request.

    Are you saying that the mapping obtained by get_user_pages() is valid only within the
    context of the IOCtl call? That once the driver returns from the IOCtl, the mapping
    should no longer be used?

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    Timur Tabi
    Staff Software Engineer
    timur.tabi@ammasso.com

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    "I don't think duct tape will fix it."
    -- Ed Smylie, NASA engineer for Apollo 13
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