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Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 22:50:10 -0800 (PST)
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Subject: Re: [patch] VM_IO fixes
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
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   From: Andrew Morton <akpm@zip.com.au>
   Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 22:14:28 -0800
   
   It's simpler to make VM_IO default to `on', and to only clear it
   in places where we know that it's safe to dump the memory to a
   core file, and where it's safe to PTRACE_PEEKUSR it.  That's
   what this patch does.

I completely agree with this change.
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