Re: build problems on architectures where FIXADDR_* stuff is not constant

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Hello!

On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 01:46:20PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Since there are architectures where FIXADDR_* stuff is not constant (e.g. UML),
> > ...
> > + fixmap_vma.vm_start = FIXADDR_START;
> > + fixmap_vma.vm_end = FIXADDR_TOP;
> > + fixmap_vma.vm_page_prot = PAGE_READONLY;
> > pgd = pgd_offset_k(pg);
> > if (!pgd)
> > return i ? : -EFAULT;
> That's modifying static storage which other, unrelated processes or CPUs
> may be playing with.

Ah, stupid me. Missed the "static" thing :(

Bye,
    Oleg
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