Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 12:08:56 -0400
From: Josh Myer <josh@joshisanerd.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Finalized FPU Crash Fix?
Message-ID: <20040617160856.GA1470@brevity>
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Hello everybody,

Is there a general concensus that the one-liner in 2.6.7 is an
appropriate fix for the FPU hang/crash bug?  I have several machines
running 2.4.x which require that outside people have shell access.
Needless to say, I'm somewhat nervous about this problem =3D)

I'm trying to find a nice balance between potential downtime due to=20
malicious users and loss of functionality/b0rkedness due to unforeseen
bugs in quick fixes.  I've seen at least three different solutions to=20
this problem; two of them have confirmed negative side-effects.  Noone
seems to have complained about the one-liner.  Does anyone foresee=20
problems here, or should this be the correct fix (it seems right to me,
but my CPU-level voodoo is weak).

Thanks in advance,
--=20
/jbm, but you can call me Josh. Really, you can.

 "People shouldn't see man-made global disasters as a bad thing, they
  should see them as scientific breakthroughs waiting to happen."
   -- The Onion

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