Not related to this mm release directly, but > All 609 patches: > ... > x86-fix-esp-corruption-cpu-bug-take-2.patch > x86: fix ESP corruption CPU bug (take 2)
I think that Stas tries to steal 1024 bytes from kernel's memory ... On top of his patch. --- 2.6.12/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c~stas 2005-03-21 19:43:11.000000000 +0300 +++ 2.6.12/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c 2005-03-21 19:48:30.000000000 +0300 @@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct desc_struct, cpu_gdt_table[GDT_ENTRIES]); EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(cpu_gdt_table); -unsigned char cpu_16bit_stack[CPU_16BIT_STACK_SIZE]; DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned char, cpu_16bit_stack[CPU_16BIT_STACK_SIZE]); EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(cpu_16bit_stack); --- 2.6.12-rc1/include/asm-i386/desc.h~stas 2005-03-21 19:43:11.000000000 +0300 +++ 2.6.12-rc1/include/asm-i386/desc.h 2005-03-21 19:49:16.000000000 +0300 @@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ extern struct desc_struct cpu_gdt_table[GDT_ENTRIES]; DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct desc_struct, cpu_gdt_table[GDT_ENTRIES]); -extern unsigned char cpu_16bit_stack[CPU_16BIT_STACK_SIZE]; DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned char, cpu_16bit_stack[CPU_16BIT_STACK_SIZE]); struct Xgt_desc_struct { - 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/