From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 01:19:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 01:19:49 -0400 Received: from neon-gw.transmeta.com ([209.10.217.66]:15624 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 01:19:35 -0400 From: Linus Torvalds Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 22:04:59 -0700 Message-Id: <200107300504.f6U54xk01254@penguin.transmeta.com> To: hugh@veritas.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] hold cow while breaking Newsgroups: linux.dev.kernel In-Reply-To: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-kernel-outgoing In article you write: > >Sure, I agree with you on that, but it doesn't let us off the hook. >This isn't necessarily the first reuse of that page: after paging it >out and freeing it, it may have got allocated to some other purpose >and freed again, and then reassigned to the original use. Ok, you've convinced me. Thanks for showing me the error of my ways. Fixed. Linus