[PATCH 1/9] powerpc: Fix msr setting in 32 bit signal code

Kumar Gala galak at kernel.crashing.org
Thu Jun 19 00:53:07 EST 2008


On Jun 17, 2008, at 7:47 PM, Michael Neuling wrote:

> If we set the SPE MSR bit in save_user_regs we can blow away the VEC
> bit.  This will never happen in reality, but it looks bad.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey at neuling.org>
> ---
>
> arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c |   10 ++++++----
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

probably worth commenting on why this will never happen.

- k



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