On Wednesday, 18 October 2006 21:42, Nick Piggin wrote:
> Cedric Le Goater wrote:
> > Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> >
> >>On Wednesday, 18 October 2006 20:27, Gabriel C wrote:
> >>
> >>>Andrew Morton wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.19-rc2/2.6.19-rc2-mm1/
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>Hello,
> >>>
> >>>I got this build error with 2.6.19-rc2-mm1:
> >>>
> >>>CHK include/linux/compile.h
> >>>UPD include/linux/compile.h
> >>>CC init/version.o
> >>>LD init/built-in.o
> >>>LD .tmp_vmlinux1
> >>>mm/built-in.o: In function `xip_file_write':
> >>>(.text+0x19a47): undefined reference to `filemap_copy_from_user'
> >>>make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1
> >>
> >>\metoo
> >
> >
> > Here's a fix i sent to andrew.
> >
> > C.
> >
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Cedric Le Goater <[email protected]>
> > ---
> > mm/filemap_xip.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > Index: 2.6.19-rc2-mm1/mm/filemap_xip.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- 2.6.19-rc2-mm1.orig/mm/filemap_xip.c
> > +++ 2.6.19-rc2-mm1/mm/filemap_xip.c
> > @@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ __xip_file_write(struct file *filp, cons
> > break;
> > }
> >
> > - copied = filemap_copy_from_user(page, offset, buf, bytes);
> > + copied = filemap_copy_from_user_atomic(page, offset, buf, bytes);
> > flush_dcache_page(page);
> > if (likely(copied > 0)) {
> > status = copied;
>
> This fix will work. You should really call the non atomic version though, just
> so it is clear (and maybe some architectures care).
>
> Because we must service a fault if it happens here. The fault_in_pages_readable
> and comments are wrong AFAIKS.
So I guess there should be
copied = filemap_copy_from_user_nonatomic(page, offset, buf, bytes);
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