Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Sat, 15 Nov 2003 14:52:11 -0500 (EST) | From | Zwane Mwaikambo <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][2.6-mm] Fix 4G/4G X11/vm86 oops |
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On Sat, 15 Nov 2003, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
> The 4G/4G page fault handling path doesn't appear to handle faults > happening whilst in vm86. The regs->xcs != __USER_CS so it confused the in > kernel test.
Perhaps this would be more desirable?
Index: linux-2.6.0-test9-mm3/arch/i386/mm/fault.c =================================================================== RCS file: /build/cvsroot/linux-2.6.0-test9-mm3/arch/i386/mm/fault.c,v retrieving revision 1.1.1.1 diff -u -p -B -r1.1.1.1 fault.c --- linux-2.6.0-test9-mm3/arch/i386/mm/fault.c 13 Nov 2003 08:07:17 -0000 1.1.1.1 +++ linux-2.6.0-test9-mm3/arch/i386/mm/fault.c 15 Nov 2003 19:40:17 -0000 @@ -264,7 +264,9 @@ asmlinkage void do_page_fault(struct pt_ if (error_code & 3) goto bad_area_nosemaphore; - goto vmalloc_fault; + /* If it's vm86 fall through */ + if (!(regs->eflags & VM_MASK)) + goto vmalloc_fault; } #else if (unlikely(address >= TASK_SIZE)) { - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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