From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
Remis Lima Baima <remis.developer@googlemail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ftrace, powerpc64: fix math to calculate offset in TOC
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:21:59 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1234218119.31963.109.camel@pasglop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090209094014.GE7930@elte.hu>
On Mon, 2009-02-09 at 10:40 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:
>
> >
> > Paul,
> >
> > I found the bug that was causing large modules to fail in setting
> > up dynamic ftrace. It wound up being a simple math error. To calculate
> > the offset in the TOC, I had used an OR, but the bottom half was
> > a signed extended short, and it should have been an addition.
> > The fix is in my tree below, as well as posted here.
>
> Looks like a .29 candidate?
Yup, I was planning to send it to Linus along with a handful of other
powerpc fixes today, unless you prefer taking it yourself.
Cheers,
Ben.
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Geoff Levand <geoffrey.levand@am.sony.com>,
Remis Lima Baima <remis.developer@googlemail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ftrace, powerpc64: fix math to calculate offset in TOC
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:21:59 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1234218119.31963.109.camel@pasglop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090209094014.GE7930@elte.hu>
On Mon, 2009-02-09 at 10:40 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:
>
> >
> > Paul,
> >
> > I found the bug that was causing large modules to fail in setting
> > up dynamic ftrace. It wound up being a simple math error. To calculate
> > the offset in the TOC, I had used an OR, but the bottom half was
> > a signed extended short, and it should have been an addition.
> > The fix is in my tree below, as well as posted here.
>
> Looks like a .29 candidate?
Yup, I was planning to send it to Linus along with a handful of other
powerpc fixes today, unless you prefer taking it yourself.
Cheers,
Ben.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-02-09 22:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-08 6:22 [PATCH] ftrace, powerpc64: fix math to calculate offset in TOC Steven Rostedt
2009-02-08 6:22 ` Steven Rostedt
2009-02-09 9:40 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-02-09 9:40 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-02-09 13:08 ` Remis Lima Baima
2009-02-09 13:08 ` Remis Lima Baima
2009-02-09 15:02 ` Steven Rostedt
2009-02-09 15:02 ` Steven Rostedt
2009-02-09 15:24 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-02-09 15:24 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-02-09 22:21 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt [this message]
2009-02-09 22:21 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-09 20:16 ` Geoff Levand
2009-02-09 20:16 ` Geoff Levand
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