Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/7] Freezer: Read PF_BORROWED_MM in a nonracy way

On Fri 2007-02-23 11:18:06, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <[email protected]>
> 
> The reading of PF_BORROWED_MM in is_user_space() without task_lock() is racy.
> Fix it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <[email protected]>

ACK.

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