Re: Linux 2.4 Status / TODO page (Updated as of 2.4.0-test10)

From: Stephen C. Tweedie (sct@redhat.com)
Date: Sat Nov 04 2000 - 08:12:06 EST


Hi,

On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 05:20:53PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
> > * kiobuf seperate lock functions/bounce/page_address fixes
>
> Do Stephen Tweedie's recently posted kiobuf patches fix this issue?

Hopefully, but not 100%: there is still a race window on anonymous
pages which needs to be fixed elsewhere in the VM. The window for
mmaped files is closed in those patches, though.

--Stephen
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