> > > The virgo_s has "base" as its first element.
> > >
> > > Anybody know why I didn't see an oops?
> >
> > what was the value of 'reg' ? I guess if the memory location is bigger
> > than 4096 then the bug wont get noticed by zero page.
>
> Boot the kernel with mem=nopentium when doing random memory accident tests
ahh, it was 2.0 right? On 2.1 we have 0xc0000000 mapped to get the
physical memory, so we have a proper zero-page.
laugh now i see why the kernel tracer doesnt work on 2.0 ... i'm relying
on a properly working *(char *)0=0 a few times there ;)
-- mingo