Re: [PATCH] Alternate futex non-page-pinning and COW fix

[Jamie Lokier]

Rusty Russell wrote:
> I think this is a bit extreme: this would allow futexes in the
> VSYSCALL region, right?  I admire your thoroughness, but perhaps this
> should wait until someone comes up with a reason to do it?

I only put that in because map_user_pages does it.  It isn't important.

If you look carefully, you see that these patches work exactly like
the old implementation in all cases where the old one worked.

-- Jamie
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