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SubjectRe: linux-next: manual merge of the akpm-current tree with the tip tree
On 01/14/2014 05:17 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>>
>> This seems terribly broken, the *futex_value*() ops should not need
>> that; they are supposed to access userspace without any of that.
>
> Why don't they need set_fs(USER_DS)?
>
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
> Geert

Because USER_DS is the normal operating state? It would appear m68k is
the only(?) arch that calls initcalls with get_fs() == KERNEL_DS...

-hpa




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