Re: [patch-2.4.0-test6-pre8] fork.c FIXME removed (UPDATE)

Matthew Wilcox (matthew@wil.cx)
Tue, 8 Aug 2000 09:12:32 -0400

On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 03:49:08AM -0500, Bill Wendling wrote:
> - /* Kill me slowly. UGLY! FIXME! */
> - memcpy(&mm->start_code, &current->mm->start_code, 15*sizeof(unsigned long));

why isn't the fix simply:

memcpy(&mm->start_code, &current->mm->start_code, sizeof(struct mm_struct));

? looks a lot less ugly to me.

(and then frob it as the later poster suggested).

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