[PATCH] VMX get_user w/ irq disabled
Paul Mackerras
paulus at samba.org
Tue Nov 1 16:46:29 EST 2005
Jake Moilanen writes:
> Looks like we have a get_user() call with interrupts disabled. While I
> haven't seen the problem, I believe we have the same hole in mainline.
>
> The patch below fixed the problem on Redhat (rebased at 2.6.14).
The problem is that altivec_assist_exception gets called with
interrupts disabled on ppc64. I haven't decided whether to change
head_64.S or just do a local_irq_enable() inside
altivec_assist_exception().
Paul.
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