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Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:48:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> pin_page() calls get_user_pages(), which might block in handle_mm_fault().

Ok, I admit that sucks. Maybe that damn writable down() is the right thing 
to do after all. And let's hope most futexes don't block.

		Linus

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