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Subject: Re: allow recursive die() on i386 
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On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 08:35:39 -0400, 
Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> wrote:
>This patch allows for a recursive die() on i386.  This closely resembles
>what is done on x86_64, fwiw.

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.8-rc2/2.6.8-rc2-mm1/broken-out/make-i386-die-more-resilient-against-recursive-errors.patch

does this and more, it also guards against too many recursive calls to
die.  The patch is already in Andrew's tree.