cache aliasing in dup_mmap

Russell King - ARM Linux linux at arm.linux.org.uk
Mon Nov 16 11:30:28 EST 2009


On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 09:49:42AM -0500, Steven Walter wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Russell King - ARM Linux
> <linux at arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> >> I've not heard anything further.  I've thrown the patches into the git
> >> tree under a separate branch now (top two):
> >>
> >> http://ftp.arm.linux.org.uk/git/gitweb.cgi?p=linux-2.6-arm.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/cup
> >>
> >> I do feel that more work needs to be done to the 2nd patch though.
> >
> > Okay, enough.  This issue is NOT going to get fixed unless you (or
> > someone else who can reproduce your problem) responds.
> >
> > No response, no fix.  Simple, really.  I give you two weeks to respond
> > on this issue so it can be progressed before the above branch is trashed.
> >
> 
> I apologize for the late reply.  I have a build with your patches
> running in a reboot loop (the easiest way for us to reproduce the
> crash).  I should have a good indication of whether the patches fix
> the issue by Monday.

Any results?



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