Re: [git pill] vfs.git alpha fixes

[Linus Torvalds]

On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 7:30 PM Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>  FEN fault fix deals with a really old oopsable braino

My old alpha architecture manual doesn't even list "clrfen" as a
PAL-code instruction.

It does have "wrfen", but that's privileged.

I have no idea when clrfen became a thing. But it's clearly a later
addition that somebody didn't think through.

             Linus