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From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
To: "K.Prasad" <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [Patch 1/2] PPC64-HWBKPT: Disable interrupts for data
	breakpoint exceptions
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On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 09:18:09AM +0530, K.Prasad wrote:

> Data address breakpoint exceptions are currently handled along with page-faults
> which require interrupts to remain in enabled state. Since exception handling
> for data breakpoints aren't pre-empt safe, we handle them separately.
> 
> Signed-off-by: K.Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Acked-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>