Re: x86_64 segfault error codes

[Dave]

Ah ok, thx! Looks like the comment in mm/fault.c is wrong then.... It
says bit 3 is instruction fetch and no mention of bit 4.

On 14 Dec 2005 19:31:07 +0100, Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dave <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > For segfault error codes on x86_64, bits 0-3 are documented in
> > arch/x86_64/mm/fault.c. However, I am getting error 0x14 and 0x15 with this
> > particular user app when it segfaults. Is bit 4 valid and what does that
> > imply?
>
> bit 4 is documented too in 2.6. It means it was an instruction fetch.
> The error code is just the architectural error code for page faults
> BTW, see the Intel and AMD manuals for details.
>
> -Andi
>


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