-mm swsusp: copy_page is harmfull

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Wed Jul 28 2004 - 17:37:33 EST


Hi!

This is my fault from long time ago: copy_page can't be used for
copying task struct, therefore we can't use it in swsusp. Please
apply,

Pavel

--- clean-mm/kernel/power/swsusp.c 2004-07-28 23:39:49.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-mm/kernel/power/swsusp.c 2004-07-28 23:30:33.000000000 +0200
@@ -614,12 +614,8 @@
struct page * page;
page = pfn_to_page(zone_pfn + zone->zone_start_pfn);
pbe->orig_address = (long) page_address(page);
- /* Copy page is dangerous: it likes to mess with
- preempt count on specific cpus. Wrong preempt
- count is then copied, oops.
- */
- copy_page((void *)pbe->address,
- (void *)pbe->orig_address);
+ /* copy_page is no usable for copying task structs. */
+ memcpy((void *)pbe->address, (void *)pbe->orig_address, PAGE_SIZE);
pbe++;
}
}

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