From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932281AbVHWAUL (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Aug 2005 20:20:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932252AbVHWAUK (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Aug 2005 20:20:10 -0400 Received: from mx1.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:49109 "EHLO mx1.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932281AbVHWAUJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Aug 2005 20:20:09 -0400 Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 02:20:07 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> Cc: linux-kernel , Andrew Morton , Ingo Molnar , Linus Torvalds , Marcelo Tosatti Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.13-rc6] i386: fix incorrect FP signal delivery Message-ID: <20050823022007.0b7603c1@basil.nowhere.org> In-Reply-To: <200508221945_MC3-1-A7EF-CB11@compuserve.com> References: <200508221945_MC3-1-A7EF-CB11@compuserve.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.0.3 (GTK+ 1.2.10; x86_64-suse-linux) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 19:43:57 -0400 Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> wrote: > This patch fixes a problem with incorrect floating-point exception > signal delivery on i386 kernels. In some cases, an error code of zero > is delivered instead of the correct code, as the output from my test > program shows: ... How about you describe what you actually changed and why so that not every reviewer has to look up all the bits in the manual? -Andi