From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from az33egw02.freescale.net (az33egw02.freescale.net [192.88.158.103]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "az33egw02.freescale.net", Issuer "Thawte Premium Server CA" (verified OK)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CB931DE140 for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:14:24 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <48A9F423.2070602@freescale.com> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:13:55 -0500 From: Scott Wood MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael Neuling Subject: Re: self-modifying code in 2.6 kernel for ppc writes into readonly section References: <78ef7ce10808180901v6c694e63xefc37dd97485533@mail.gmail.com> <1586.1219087193@neuling.org> <78ef7ce10808181257u637c5597xaa992b9e4e7a0925@mail.gmail.com> <11009.1219092703@neuling.org> <78ef7ce10808181427m507434f4we84d507b090a707b@mail.gmail.com> <18942.1219097397@neuling.org> In-Reply-To: <18942.1219097397@neuling.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Mihaela Grigore List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Michael Neuling wrote: >> It seems like no one else is interested in the subject, so i will talk >> directly to you. >> >> If you say that the cpu also seg faults, it means that the problem is >> in the code of the linux kernel... :) > > Sorry, I was only joking. The hardware does _not_ segfault. There is > no equivalent to segfault in real hardware. Well, there are machine checks and checkstops... :-) -Scott