Messages in this thread | | | From | Wolfgang Walter <> | Subject | Re: Kernel oops with 2.6.26, padlock and ipsec: probably problem with fpu state changes | Date | Fri, 8 Aug 2008 21:19:37 +0200 |
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Am Freitag, 8. August 2008 21:01 schrieb H. Peter Anvin: > Suresh Siddha wrote: > > I propose to go with wolf's patch which add's kernel_fpu_begin() and > > kernel_fpu_end() around these instructions. This is the correct fix > > (unless there is something wrong in my above understanding). > > It's technically overkill, if (and only if!) these instructions don't > actually touch the SSE state (most likely they're using the SSE > pipeline, and need this stuff to deal with power management issues.) > > However, overkill is a good way to make sure something is dead. > Applying the patch will make sure we fix the regression, and we can > worry about optimizing this further post-2.6.27. > > -hpa
Probably
drivers/crypto/padlock-sha.c drivers/char/hw_random/via-rng.c
needs a fix, too.
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