From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: jonathan@jonmasters.org (Jon Masters) Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:15:02 -0400 Subject: alignment faults in 3.6 In-Reply-To: <20121023165841.GX21164@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <506E1762.3010601@gmail.com> <20121005072914.GE4625@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <20121005105133.GP4625@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <5086C616.2030202@jonmasters.org> <20121023165841.GX21164@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> Message-ID: <5086D096.6080509@jonmasters.org> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On 10/23/2012 12:58 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 12:30:14PM -0400, Jon Masters wrote: >> On 10/05/2012 06:51 AM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: >> >> > 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. > > I was waiting for someone to say "I saw a problem and it works"... > Would be nice to have a Tested-by tag against it... I've poked at the patch, made one against Fedora, and asked someone in my team to do a scratch build and test on our local highbank/other systems. We'll come back with that tag for ya asap, thanks! Jon.