Re: 2.2.9 oops

Tim Waugh (tim@cyberelk.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 27 May 1999 20:44:28 +0100 (GMT)


On Thu, 27 May 1999, Riley Williams wrote:

> > I can't see any way that can ever happen.
> > (*info->close_wait)->task must always be 8k-aligned, since it's
> > always set to current whenever it's set.
>
> Why 8k-aligned? Aren't pages 4k in size (at least on ix86), or am I
> misunderstanding completely what you're referring to?

x->task is set in sleep_on to 'current', and current is always
8k-aligned. (Isn't it?) It certainly isn't ever 0x1, anyway.

Tim.
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