Re: alpha copy_to_user (was Re: NFS fails under 2.2.6)

Richard Henderson (rth@cygnus.com)
Thu, 22 Apr 1999 13:29:39 -0700

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On Thu, Apr 22, 1999 at 08:38:52AM +0100, Tim Waugh wrote:
> The following oops happens on Alphas when the filesystem concerned is a
> module (I've conformed it happens for msdos here). The problem seems to
> be with the uaccess changes in 2.2.6. The following patch (which reverts
> some of the 2.2.6 patch) seems to make thing better, although I don't know
> Alpha asm well enough to know why:

I can see what the problem is, but I can't see why your patch
would help. If I can find two seconds to rub together this
evening, I'll fix __copy_user to reload the GP properly.

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