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From: jonathan@jonmasters.org (Jon Masters)
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:30:14 -0400
Subject: alignment faults in 3.6
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On 10/05/2012 06:51 AM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:

<snip switch out the might_fault __get_user for atomic
probe_kernel_address related discussion>

> Okay, this should fix the issue...  I've only compile tested it so far.
> Rob, as you have a way to trigger this easily, can you give this patch
> a go and let me know if it solves your problem?  Thanks.

Russell, can you let me know the status of this patch? I don't see it in
your tree, and I think I might have missed a followup patch from you? It
seems to solve a real problem with in-kernel faults during the dump_mem
in general, even beyond just an alignment fault.

Jon.