Re: linux-next: manual merge of the akpm-current tree with the tiptree

[H. Peter Anvin]

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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