Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264637AbUFNXwG (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jun 2004 19:52:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264641AbUFNXwF (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jun 2004 19:52:05 -0400 Received: from colin2.muc.de ([193.149.48.15]:48914 "HELO colin2.muc.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S264637AbUFNXv7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jun 2004 19:51:59 -0400 Date: 15 Jun 2004 01:51:57 +0200 Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 01:51:57 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: "Nathaniel W. Filardo" Cc: Andi Kleen , stian@nixia.no, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix for Re: timer + fpu stuff locks my console race Message-ID: <20040614235157.GD90963@colin2.muc.de> References: <25iEn-7bv-3@gated-at.bofh.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 893 Lines: 19 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. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/