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

Jesse Barnes
2001-10-08T23:55:30Z

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
>