Re: math_state_restore and kernel_fpu_end disable interrupts?

From: George Spelvin
Date: Sun Jan 19 2014 - 06:36:22 EST


THANK YOU!

I've been having a problem with ext4 metadata checksums, which use SSE
for large blocks, and traced it to kernel_fpu_end() disabling interrupts,
but had paused to debug this (I assumed well-tested) piece of kernel
code before pushing it harder.

(Search October-December LKML archives for "3.11.4: kernel BUG at
fs/buffer.c:1268".")

No, I'm pretty sure it's a real bug. At least, it's biting me on the
ass.

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