Re: [PATCH 2/2] Move FAULT_FLAG_xyz into handle_mm_fault() callers

[Linus Torvalds]

On Fri, 10 Apr 2009, Ying Han wrote:
> 
> How about something like this for x86? If it looks sane, i will apply
> to other arches.

Eventually yes, but only _after_ doing the "mindless patch".

I really want the patches that change calling conventions to "obviously" 
do nothing else (sure, they can still have bugs, but it minimizes the 
risk). Then, _after_ the calling convention has changed, you can do a 
separate "clean up" patch.

> +	unsigned int fault_flags |= FAULT_FLAG_RETRY;

I assume you meant "fault_flags = FAULT_FLAG_RETRY;", ie without the "|=".

But yes, other than that, this is the kind of patch that makes sense - 
having the callers eventually be converted to not use that "write" kind of 
boolean, but use the FAULT_FLAG_WRITE flags themselves directly, and then 
eventually have no "conversion" between the boolean and the fault_flag 
models at all.

			Linus
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