Re: i386 doublefault handler is broken with CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK

From: Chuck Ebbert
Date: Thu Aug 09 2007 - 19:35:55 EST


On 08/09/2007 07:16 PM, Andi Kleen wrote:
>
> I tested it. Even on a box without spin lock debugging I get a hard
> hang after
>
> double fault, gdt at c1404000 [255 bytes]
>
> even though it should have printed the registers.
> So it looks like there is more broken in the DF handler than just
> this.

Looks like it just fails the ptr_ok() test:

#define ptr_ok(x) ((x) > PAGE_OFFSET && (x) < PAGE_OFFSET + 0x1000000)

page_offset c0000000
+ 1000000

< c1404000

What should that be changed to, or is there some easier way to test that?
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