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From: Sergei Shtylylov <sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com>
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Cc: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>, linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] TX49 MFC0 bug workaround
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 18:32:20 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <43E8BD84.60308@ru.mvista.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060203.112253.104030567.nemoto@toshiba-tops.co.jp>

Hello.

Atsushi Nemoto wrote:
>>>>>>On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 05:12:47 +0300, Sergei Shtylylov <sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com> said:
> 
> sshtylyov>     If I don't mistake, the offending code is in
> sshtylyov> local_irq_disable, local_irq_save, and local_irq_restore
> sshtylyov> macros. The effect would be a crash on any exception taken
> sshtylyov> once interrupts get disabled in a module (*and* that code
> sshtylyov> happens to fall on a page boundary)... nasty. :-(

    ... and yet worse: any external interrupts actually blocked from CPU 
forever by Status.EXL set (which then will never be cleared after the errata 
triggers).

> Right.  And it can really happen.

> ---
> Atsushi Nemoto

WBR, Sergei

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From: Sergei Shtylylov <sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com>
Cc: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>, linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] TX49 MFC0 bug workaround
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 18:32:20 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <43E8BD84.60308@ru.mvista.com> (raw)
Message-ID: <20060207153220.XwutJ9xxeq2tGnlMttuexHSa6r7qAxhUsZO7ZnJ88Kc@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060203.112253.104030567.nemoto@toshiba-tops.co.jp>

Hello.

Atsushi Nemoto wrote:
>>>>>>On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 05:12:47 +0300, Sergei Shtylylov <sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com> said:
> 
> sshtylyov>     If I don't mistake, the offending code is in
> sshtylyov> local_irq_disable, local_irq_save, and local_irq_restore
> sshtylyov> macros. The effect would be a crash on any exception taken
> sshtylyov> once interrupts get disabled in a module (*and* that code
> sshtylyov> happens to fall on a page boundary)... nasty. :-(

    ... and yet worse: any external interrupts actually blocked from CPU 
forever by Status.EXL set (which then will never be cleared after the errata 
triggers).

> Right.  And it can really happen.

> ---
> Atsushi Nemoto

WBR, Sergei

  reply	other threads:[~2006-02-07 15:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-02-02 16:34 [PATCH] TX49 MFC0 bug workaround Atsushi Nemoto
2006-02-02 16:38 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2006-02-02 16:56   ` Ralf Baechle
2006-02-02 17:04     ` Atsushi Nemoto
2006-02-02 17:21       ` Atsushi Nemoto
2006-02-02 17:24       ` Ralf Baechle
2006-02-03  2:10         ` Atsushi Nemoto
2006-02-03 10:17           ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2006-02-03 14:44           ` Ralf Baechle
2006-02-06  9:36             ` Atsushi Nemoto
2006-02-06 23:22               ` Ralf Baechle
2006-02-03  2:26     ` Sergei Shtylylov
2006-02-03  2:50       ` Atsushi Nemoto
2006-02-02 16:46 ` Ralf Baechle
2006-02-02 18:46 ` Sergei Shtylylov
2006-02-02 22:11   ` Ralf Baechle
2006-02-03  1:17   ` Atsushi Nemoto
2006-02-03  2:12     ` Sergei Shtylylov
2006-02-03  2:22       ` Atsushi Nemoto
2006-02-07 15:32         ` Sergei Shtylylov [this message]
2006-02-07 15:32           ` Sergei Shtylylov

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