On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:38:18 +0300 "Michael S. Tsirkin" <m...@redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi Andrew, > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 03:10:10PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:27:52 +0300 > > "Michael S. Tsirkin" <m...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > > > vhost net module wants to do copy to/from user from a kernel thread, > > > which needs use_mm (like what fs/aio has). Move that into mm/ and > > > export to modules. > > > > OK by me. Please include this change in the virtio patchset. Which I > > shall cheerfully not be looking at :) > > The virtio patches are somewhat delayed as we are ironing out the > kernel/user interface with Rusty. Can the patch moving use_mm to mm/ be > applied without exporting to modules for now? This will make it easier > for virtio which will only have to patch in the EXPORT line. That was 10,000 patches ago. > I also have a small patch optimizing atomic usage in use_mm (which I did for > virtio) and it's easier to apply it if the code is in the new place. > > If ok, pls let me know and I'll post the patch without the EXPORT line. Please just send them all out. _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
