Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 8 May 2001, Alan Cox wrote:
> >
> > I dont see where the alternative patch ensures the user didnt flip the
> > direction flag for one
> 
> Yeah.
> 
> We might as well just make it "eflags & IF", none of the other flags
> should matter (or we explicitly want them cleared).
> 
>                 Linus

Here is an updated patch.  After reading over the Intel docs, and some
testing on my Athlon, I found that %cr2 is not set on alignment check
faults.  I replaced it with the address of the faulting instruction.  It
may work on an Intel but is undocumented.  The eip makes more sense
anyways.

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						Brian Gerst