On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Stephen Wilson <wilsons@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Morally, the question of whether an address lies in a gate vma should be asked > with respect to an mm, not a particular task. > > Practically, dropping the dependency on task_struct will help make current and > future operations on mm's more flexible and convenient. In particular, it > allows some code paths to avoid the need to hold task_lock. Reviewed-by: Michel Lespinasse <walken@xxxxxxxxxx> May I suggest ia32_compat instead of just compat for the flag name ? -- Michel "Walken" Lespinasse A program is never fully debugged until the last user dies. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href