Re: [patch] futex-2.5.42-A2
Rusty Russell (rusty@rustcorp.com.au)
Fri, 18 Oct 2002 18:39:34 +1000
In message <Pine.LNX.4.44.0210161015260.4683-100000@localhost.localdomain> you
write:
>
> On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Rusty Russell wrote:
> > If you do this, *please* add:
> > /* Above check not sufficient if align of int < size. Break link. */
>
> But in any case, this should not matter these days, all we need is a
> guarantee that the word is accessed atomically by the kernel when it reads
> it, pure int alignment should be enough for that.
Yes, this is true. I used to not do get_user() on the value (the page
is pinned anyway), so it mattered.
Sorry for the confusion,
Rusty.
--
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