Re: Anybody got 2.4.0 running on a 386 ?

[Timur Tabi <ttabi@interactivesi.com>]

** Reply to message from Robert Kaiser <rob@sysgo.de> on Tue, 9 Jan 2001
23:17:11 +0100


> temp = mk_pte_phys(__pa(vaddr), PAGE_KERNEL);
> 	*pte = temp;
> 
> where temp is declared "volatile pte_t". I inserted test-prints between the
> above two lines. Accoding to that, the _first_ line , i.e. the evaluation of the
> mk_pte_phys() macro is causing the crash!

In that case, it's either a compiler bug or a race condition.

Compiling this source file with the -S option will generate an assembly output.
The output should be the same regardless of whether you use the temp variable or
not.  That will answer the question as to what the cause is.  If you're lucky,
it's a compiler bug, because they're easier to fix.


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