Re: [PATCH 0/5] make *_gate_vma accept mm_struct instead of task_struct

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Stephen Wilson [off-list ref] wrote:

Morally, the question of whether an address lies in a gate vma should be =

asked

with respect to an mm, not a particular task.

Practically, dropping the dependency on task_struct will help make curren=

t and

future operations on mm's more flexible and convenient. =A0In particular,=

 it

allows some code paths to avoid the need to hold task_lock.

Reviewed-by: Michel Lespinasse <redacted>

May I suggest ia32_compat instead of just compat for the flag name ?

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Michel "Walken" Lespinasse
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