RE: [PATCH] x86 page fault handler not interrupt safe

From: Dunlap, Randy (randy.dunlap@intel.com)
Date: Mon May 07 2001 - 12:32:03 EST


> From: David Woodhouse [mailto:dwmw2@infradead.org]
>
> torvalds@transmeta.com said:
> > If anybody has such a beast, please try this kernel patch _and_
> > running the F0 0F bug-producing program (search for it on the 'net -
> > it must be out there somewhere) to verify that the code still
> > correctly handles that case.
>
> Something along the lines of:
>
> echo "unsigned long main=0xf00fc7c8;" > f00fbug.c ; make f00fbug

Yes, that's what the (SGI) program uses:
http://lwn.net/2001/0329/a/ltp-f00f.php3

~Randy

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