[Linux-ia64] Re: prctl patch for fpu faults

[Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@sgi.com>]

Err... maybe an ALLPRINT option would be nice instead?  Our apps guys were
requesting that they be given all the fault messages and ip's.  The
current behavior could be the default though.

Jesse

On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, Jesse Barnes wrote:

> Sure, ok.  Would you like me to submit a new patch that includes the rate
> limiting stuff as the default or do you just wanna hack that stuff back
> in?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jesse
> 
> On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, David Mosberger wrote:
> > 
> > I feel pretty strongly that we should handle fpswa faults the same way
> > as unaligned faults.  Given that we rate limit the unaligned faults,
> > I'd prefer to rate limit fpswa as well.  Of course, if you think you'd
> > want to debug more than 5 faults at a time, you could change the
> > tuning parameters (allowing for longer bursts, while keeping the
> > logging rate the same).
> > 
> > 	--david
> > 
> 
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