From: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
To: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@user.it.uu.se>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG] 2.6.17-rc3 broke FP exceptions on x86
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 04:00:49 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200604290403_MC3-1-BE46-A30@compuserve.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <17490.4240.578291.222262@alkaid.it.uu.se>
On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:54:40 +0200, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> Running an FP exception using user-space application
> (the runtime system for the Erlang programming language
> in my case) on an Athlon64 with a 32-bit 2.6.17-rc3 kernel
> quickly results in a complete system hang: mouse is dead,
> keyboard is dead, the network doesn't reply to pings.
> Had to reboot via the power switch to get the machine back.
>
> This happended twice in a row. With 2.6.17-rc2 things
> work fine like they always have before.
This should fix it... please test.
Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
--- 2.6.17-rc3-d4.orig/include/asm-i386/i387.h
+++ 2.6.17-rc3-d4/include/asm-i386/i387.h
@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@ static inline void __save_init_fpu( stru
alternative_input(
"fnsave %[fx] ;fwait;" GENERIC_NOP8 GENERIC_NOP4,
"fxsave %[fx]\n"
- "bt $7,%[fsw] ; jc 1f ; fnclex\n1:",
+ "bt $7,%[fsw] ; jnc 1f ; fnclex\n1:",
X86_FEATURE_FXSR,
[fx] "m" (tsk->thread.i387.fxsave),
[fsw] "m" (tsk->thread.i387.fxsave.swd) : "memory");
/* AMD K7/K8 CPUs don't save/restore FDP/FIP/FOP unless an exception
is pending. Clear the x87 state here by setting it to fixed
- values. __per_cpu_offset[0] is a random variable that should be in L1 */
+ values. safe_address is a random variable that should be in L1 */
alternative_input(
GENERIC_NOP8 GENERIC_NOP2,
"emms\n\t" /* clear stack tags */
--
Chuck
"Penguins don't come from next door, they come from the Antarctic!"
next reply other threads:[~2006-04-29 8:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-04-29 8:00 Chuck Ebbert [this message]
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2006-04-29 10:03 [BUG] 2.6.17-rc3 broke FP exceptions on x86 Mikael Pettersson
2006-04-28 12:54 Mikael Pettersson
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