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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/5] x86-32: Split cache flush handler from simd handler
On 03/19/2010 09:55 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
> Ah, guess it was even older than I first realized ... I should have
> searched for the string "cache flush denied" instead.
>
> Sounds like we should do three things:
>
> a) update the comment to actually reflect what is going on;
> b) compile it out for > 486;
> c) report the error as trap 13 rather than 19.
>

Actually what we should do is recognize that this is nothing other than
a misdirected #GP, and as a result send the fault down the #GP handler
(do_general_protection)... there really isn't any need for a special
routine at all.

-hpa


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