From: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
To: "Nathaniel W. Filardo" <nwf@andrew.cmu.edu>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>,
stian@nixia.no, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix for Re: timer + fpu stuff locks my console race
Date: 15 Jun 2004 01:51:57 +0200
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 01:51:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040614235157.GD90963@colin2.muc.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58-035.0406141829330.3002@unix49.andrew.cmu.edu>
On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 06:33:32PM -0400, Nathaniel W. Filardo wrote:
> Using this patch (against 2.6.5-WOLK3.0), the system doen't crash (the
> program is given SIGSEGV), but it seems to also kill anything else using
> the FPU. Including gkrellm2 with the GkrellWeather plugin.
>
> Can anybody confirm this or is it just a strange "feature" of my system?
You probably have something using FP in the kernel or I overlooked a case
where it is legally used (then it would need an exception table entry too)
I would be interested in the decoded oops just for curiosity.
As for the fix you can just use Linus' simpler fix that went into -bk.
-Andi
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-06-14 23:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2004-06-12 20:25 ` [PATCH] fix for Re: timer + fpu stuff locks my console race Andi Kleen
2004-06-14 14:36 ` Gianni Tedesco
2004-06-14 15:00 ` Manuel Arostegui Ramirez
2004-06-14 22:33 ` Nathaniel W. Filardo
2004-06-14 23:51 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
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