Bug#651861: Uses floating-point operations without proper locking

2011-12-12 Thread Ron
On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 06:13:08AM +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > I don't personally need any fixes. I've been build-testing every module > package I could find against Linux 3.1. Then I spotted this problem > after seeing the build failure. > > > Good catch, thanks! > > You're welcome. > > But

Bug#651861: Uses floating-point operations without proper locking

2011-12-12 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Tue, 2011-12-13 at 16:29 +1030, Ron wrote: [...] > > I'm rating this as grave due to the risk of data loss. > > The risk is low, because nobody should actually be using the module that > this code is in since a long time ago - but I'll really stop building it > everywhere now, and that will fix

Bug#651861: Uses floating-point operations without proper locking

2011-12-12 Thread Ron
Hi Ben, On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 05:17:01PM +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > Package: vpb-driver-source > Version: 4.2.53-1 > Severity: grave > > All kernel code using x87 or SSE operations must enclose these in > kernel_fpu_begin() ... kernel_fpu_end(). Otherwise, userland > floating-point state m

Bug#651861: Uses floating-point operations without proper locking

2011-12-12 Thread Ben Hutchings
Package: vpb-driver-source Version: 4.2.53-1 Severity: grave All kernel code using x87 or SSE operations must enclose these in kernel_fpu_begin() ... kernel_fpu_end(). Otherwise, userland floating-point state may be corrupted. I'm rating this as grave due to the risk of data loss. Ben. -- Syst