Re: [PATCH] Fix end_of_stack() fn and location of stack canary for archs using STACK_GROWSUP

From: Aaron Tomlin
Date: Fri Sep 19 2014 - 09:36:58 EST


On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 12:21:37PM +0100, James Hogan wrote:
> Hi Chuck,
>
> On 16/09/14 08:37, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> > static inline unsigned long *end_of_stack(struct task_struct *p)
> > {
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP
> > + return (unsigned long *)((unsigned long)task_thread_info(p) + THREAD_SIZE) - 1;
>
> Nit: this line should probably be wrapped to 80 columns.
>
> Other than that, I've tested this on metag and can confirm that it fixes
> the following BUG which you would otherwise get during boot with Aaron's
> patches:
>
> BUG: failure at kernel/sched/core.c:2664/schedule_debug()!
> Kernel panic - not syncing: BUG!
>
> Tested-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx> [metag]
> Acked-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx>

OK.

Acked-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@xxxxxxxxxx>

> Aaron: please can you try to get this patch applied before your patch
> series.

Ingo,


I hope it's not too late to get this patch in (once the nit has been
addressed) for CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP?

Regards,

--
Aaron Tomlin
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