Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760540AbXJOX2U (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:28:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754840AbXJOX2M (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:28:12 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:44409 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754006AbXJOX2L (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:28:11 -0400 Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd. Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SI4 1TE, United Kingdom. Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 3798903 From: David Howells In-Reply-To: <200710161146.33508.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> References: <200710161146.33508.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> <1192451324.27435.71.camel@twins> <20071011213126.cf92efb7.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <21859.1192457172@redhat.com> To: Nick Piggin Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, Peter Zijlstra , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Trond Myklebust Subject: Re: nfs mmap adventure (was: 2.6.23-mm1) X-Mailer: MH-E 8.0.3; nmh 1.2-20070115cvs; GNU Emacs 22.1.50 Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:27:37 +0100 Message-ID: <26154.1192490857@redhat.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 520 Lines: 14 Nick Piggin wrote: > I don't think the fault handler is currently in any position to do > that ATM. It is possible to make it interruptible in some contexts, > but faults from kernel code may not be able to cope. Hmmm... Good point. Yuck. David - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/