* Re: [2.6.8] OOPS and SIGSEGV on altivec instruction on PowerPC 7540.
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@ 2005-05-13 16:03 ` Kumar Gala
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From: Kumar Gala @ 2005-05-13 16:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Pawel Sikora; +Cc: linuxppc-dev list, Linux Kernel list
This is odd. the 2.6.8 kernel should have the code that causes a SIGILL=20=
if !CONFIG_ALTIVEC. Can you enable CONFIG_KALLSYMS.
- kumar
On May 13, 2005, at 10:49 AM, Pawel Sikora wrote:
> Hi,
>
> simple runtime altivec detection from userspace causes an oops
> on the `vand` instruction. kernel was built *without* CONFIG_ALTIVEC.
> i think kernel should return a SIGILL instead of an oops ;-)
>
> Oops: kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#65]
> NIP: C0008B84 LR: C0007F2C SP: CF373F20 REGS: cf373e70 TRAP: 0300 Not=20=
> tainted
> MSR: 00009032 EE: 1 PR: 0 FP: 0 ME: 1 IR/DR: 11
> DAR: 00000088, DSISR: 40000000
> TASK =3D c81e04f0[12983] 'altivec' THREAD: cf372000Last syscall: 174
> GPR00: C0007F2C CF373F20 C81E04F0 00000004 00000004 00030001 00000000=20=
> 0FEE08D0
> GPR08: 0000F932 C0007F2C 00009032 C0350000 081E0788 00000000 00000000=20=
> 100A37D8
> GPR16: 100A0000 00000000 100A0000 00000000 10070000 100A37C8 100AEF08=20=
> 00000000
> GPR24: 100A1108 00000000 100A59A8 3002AEF8 3002BB80 3002AE60 0FFEA6FC=20=
> 00000004
> Call trace: [c0007f2c]
>
>
>
> processor =A0 =A0 =A0 : 0
> cpu =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 : 7450
> clock =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 : 700MHz
> revision =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0: 2.1 (pvr 8000 0201)
> bogomips =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0: 696.32
> machine =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 : PowerMac4,4
> motherboard =A0 =A0 : PowerMac4,4 MacRISC2 MacRISC Power Macintosh
> detected as =A0 =A0 : 80 (eMac)
> pmac flags =A0 =A0 =A0: 00000001
> L2 cache =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0: 256K unified
> memory =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0: 384MB
> pmac-generation : NewWorld
>
> --=20
> The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil
> =A0 is for good men to do nothing.
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 - Edmund Burke
> <altivec.c>=
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