On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 12:34 +0530, Aneesh Kumar wrote: > Hi, > > Is __copy_from_user_inatomic and __copy_to_user_inatomic really atomic if you call the _inatomic version you, the caller, are supposed to have pinned the memory first, to make sure it's not swapped out. If it is anyway, you'll get a error return code, no attempt is made to fault the page back in. -- if you want to mail me at work (you don't), use arjan (at) linux.intel.com Test the interaction between Linux and your BIOS via http://www.linuxfirmwarekit.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
