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From: Christoph Lameter <clameter@engr.sgi.com>
To: Ravikiran G Thirumalai <kiran@scalex86.org>
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Subject: Re: [rfc][patch] Avoid taking global tasklist_lock for single
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I still think that it would be best to not handle __user pointers in 
getrusage_*. Alternatively lets give up on these smaller functions 
if the modifications are simple. Modify the existing function as Oleg 
suggested.