Re: [PATCH][2.6-mm] Fix 4G/4G X11/vm86 oops

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Mon Nov 17 2003 - 17:44:28 EST



On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
>
> I've managed to `fix` the triple fault (see further below for the patch
> in all it's glory).

What's the generated assembly language for this function with and without
the "fix"?

If adding that printk fixes a triple fault, the issue is not likely to be
the printk itself as much as the difference in code that the compiler
generates - stack frame, memory re-ordering etc...

Linus

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