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Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 13:29:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
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Subject: Re: [patch 6/12] hold atomic kmaps across generic_file_read
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On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Daniel Phillips wrote:
> 
> That's the whole point of this: it's not a bug anymore.  (It's a feature.)

Well, it's a feature only if _intentional_, so I think Rusty's argument 
was that we should call it something else than "copy_to/from_user()" if 
we're ready to accept the fact that it fails for random reasons..

		Linus

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