From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Sat, 08 May 2004 08:18:28 +0100 (BST) Received: from p508B5C6F.dip.t-dialin.net ([IPv6:::ffff:80.139.92.111]:51254 "EHLO mail.linux-mips.net") by linux-mips.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 8 May 2004 08:18:27 +0100 Received: from fluff.linux-mips.net (fluff.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by mail.linux-mips.net (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i487IPxT029710; Sat, 8 May 2004 09:18:26 +0200 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by fluff.linux-mips.net (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id i487IMjm029709; Sat, 8 May 2004 09:18:22 +0200 Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 09:18:22 +0200 From: Ralf Baechle To: Jun Sun Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: semaphore woes in 2.6, 32bit Message-ID: <20040508071822.GA29554@linux-mips.org> References: <20040507181031.F9702@mvista.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040507181031.F9702@mvista.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 4944 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 06:10:31PM -0700, Jun Sun wrote: > I got a bunch of segfaults which are due to HAS_LLSCD cpu operating > on a semaphore which is aligned along 4-byte boundary instead of the > desired 8-byte boundary. Dare to give a complete version number? I've dumped 2.4 on all my systems months ago and never have seen this problem except with slab debugging enabled - but that side effect of slab debugging is known since years. Ralf