cache aliasing in dup_mmap

[Russell King - ARM Linux]

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 09:20:22AM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 08:31:10PM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 01:08:01PM -0500, Steven Walter wrote:
> > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 3:57 AM, Russell King - ARM Linux
> > > <linux at arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> > > > I'm afraid that I have nothing further to suggest, and so I'm shelving
> > > > the patches.  That means this problem will remain unresolved in future
> > > > kernels.
> > > 
> > > I had the tester restart the reboot-loop, and so far it's done ~1200
> > > runs with no problem.  I'm thinking now that either I hosed something
> > > up with the build initially, or else the tester didn't flash it
> > > correctly.  1200 runs isn't enough to be conclusive, but it's a lot
> > > better than 88.  I'll let you know when we have something more
> > > definitive.
> > 
> > I'd just like to keep this issue hot so it doesn't get forgotten about.
> > Are we at a conclusive point on this?
> 
> Today is decision day.  Do we go with these two patches or not?

Right, I've had enough of being patient and trying to get responses.  I
will not be merging these fixes for 2.6.33.  What's another three months
or so when it's already taken nine months to get this far already?