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Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:13:17 +0200
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Subject: Re: [Adeos-main] [Resent][RFC-PATCH] Instrument smp_processor_id
	/wrt illicit	usage
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To: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@domain.hid>
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On Sat, 2007-09-15 at 09:51 +0200, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> This is still in my local queue, don't recall anymore when we last
> discussed it and if there was some issue remaining.
> 
> Anyway, here is a rebased set to detect calls of smp_processor_id() from
> illicit contexts (non-root) on archs that bother about this. Only i386
> is cared about so far, x86_64 and PowerPC should be treated similarly,
> other (future) SMP-arch would arm the check automatically. Yet another
> safety bag for porting I-pipe.

Last time, the ancestor of this patch badly broke my x86_84 setup,
causing hell in the NMI path for instance. A number of fixes you sent
lately have improved the situation since then for sure, so I will hold
those patches until the pending 2.6.22 issues are fixed, but will merge
in the end.

> 
> Jan
-- 
Philippe.