From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl>
Cc: hpa@zytor.com, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: fdiv bug detection fix
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:57:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080731215712.GC23801@elte.hu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080731234344.eb3c4ed2.krzysztof.h1@wp.pl>
* Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl> wrote:
> From: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl>
>
> The fdiv detection code writes s32 integer into
> the boot_cpu_data.fdiv_bug.
> However, the boot_cpu_data.fdiv_bug is only char (s8)
> field so the detection overwrites already set fields for
> other bugs, e.g. the f00f bug field.
>
> Use local s32 variable to receive result.
applied to tip/x86/urgent, thanks Krzysztof!
this bug seems to be rather old - i guess new kernels rarely get tested
with those CPUs that are affected by those bugs?
Ingo
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-07-31 21:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-31 21:43 Krzysztof Helt
2008-07-31 21:49 ` Andrew Morton
2008-07-31 22:04 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-07-31 22:11 ` Willy Tarreau
2008-07-31 21:57 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
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