Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:57:12 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: fdiv bug detection fix |
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* Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl> wrote:
> From: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl> > > The fdiv detection code writes s32 integer into > the boot_cpu_data.fdiv_bug. > However, the boot_cpu_data.fdiv_bug is only char (s8) > field so the detection overwrites already set fields for > other bugs, e.g. the f00f bug field. > > Use local s32 variable to receive result.
applied to tip/x86/urgent, thanks Krzysztof!
this bug seems to be rather old - i guess new kernels rarely get tested with those CPUs that are affected by those bugs?
Ingo
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