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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0 of 4] Generic AIO by scheduling stacks
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> without linking it into the system lists.  The reason I don't think  
> this
> approach works (and I looked at it a few times) is that many things  
> end
> up requiring special handling: things like permissions, signals,  
> FPU state,
> segment registers....

Can you share a specific example of the special handling required?

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