On 2/8/08, Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Your assumption that only the string instructions can take > multiple page faults seems a little dangerous too.
Yes, this is true. I cannot guarantee that there are no other instructions that could access more than one memory location but only take one page fault. However, since the kernel does boot, we at least know that these instructions are not very frequently used. (If you know of any other instructions we might be missing, I'll be happy to know about it!) There is also the point that if kmemcheck doesn't handle all the faulting addresses, it will simply fault again and again, without making any progress. I mean, it won't go unnoticed for very long :-) This is also why we depend on M386 and !X86_GENERIC, to avoid those MMX, etc. instructions, as we have no support for those currently. Sincerely, Vegard Nossum -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
