Re: [PATCH v2 11/17] selftests/x86/ldt_gdt: Prepare for access bit ...

Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 2:11 PM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> wrote:

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That seems to rather defeat the point of using a VMA, though. There never was any point in using a VMA per se.
There never was any point in using a VMA per se.
The point was always to just map the damn thing in the user page tables, wasn't it?
tables, wasn't it?
The vma bit was just an implementation detail.
The vma bit was just an implementation detail.
Linus
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