Re: A couple of questions

["Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct@redhat.com>]

Hi,

On Tue, 16 Mar 1999 07:46:06 +0900, neil@tc-1-192.ariake.gol.ne.jp
said:

> Thanks for your reply.  I think you've missed my point on this one.
> The variable "pte" is set before calling __get_free_page(), and being
> local cannot be modified by other processes.  

Umm, OK, you've convinced me. :) I think we have enough locks held
throughout this to prevent the present or writable bits in *page_table
from changing between the test in handle_pte_fault() and do_wp_page()
itself, even on SMP.

--Stephen
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