Re: [PATCH v2] hugetlb: fix race condition in hugetlb_fault()

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On Fri, 6 Apr 2012, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 16:10:13 -0700 (PDT)
> Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > The resulting patch is okay; but let's reassure Chris that his
> > original patch was better, before he conceded to make the get_page
> > and put_page unconditional, and added unnecessary detail of the race.
> > 
> 
> Yes, the v1 patch was better.  No reason was given for changing it?

I think Chris was aiming to be a model citizen, and followed review
suggestions that he would actually have done better to resist.

Hugh

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