[patch 03/13] Remove broken ptrace() special-case code from file mapping

2007-11-14 Thread Greg KH
stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. -- The kernel has for random historical reasons allowed ptrace() accesses to access (and insert) pages into the page cache above the size of the file. However, Nick broke that by mistake when doing the new

[patch 03/13] Remove broken ptrace() special-case code from file mapping

2007-11-14 Thread Greg KH
stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. -- The kernel has for random historical reasons allowed ptrace() accesses to access (and insert) pages into the page cache above the size of the file. However, Nick broke that by mistake when doing the new