Messages in this thread | | | Date | 15 Jun 2004 01:51:57 +0200 | Date | Tue, 15 Jun 2004 01:51:57 +0200 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] fix for Re: timer + fpu stuff locks my console race |
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On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 06:33:32PM -0400, Nathaniel W. Filardo wrote: > Using this patch (against 2.6.5-WOLK3.0), the system doen't crash (the > program is given SIGSEGV), but it seems to also kill anything else using > the FPU. Including gkrellm2 with the GkrellWeather plugin. > > Can anybody confirm this or is it just a strange "feature" of my system?
You probably have something using FP in the kernel or I overlooked a case where it is legally used (then it would need an exception table entry too) I would be interested in the decoded oops just for curiosity.
As for the fix you can just use Linus' simpler fix that went into -bk.
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