From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 14:42:58 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [PATCH][2.6-mm] Fix 4G/4G X11/vm86 oops In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Zwane Mwaikambo Cc: Ingo Molnar , "Martin J. Bligh" , Andrew Morton , Linux Kernel , linux-mm@kvack.org, Hugh Dickins List-ID: On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: > > I've managed to `fix` the triple fault (see further below for the patch > in all it's glory). What's the generated assembly language for this function with and without the "fix"? If adding that printk fixes a triple fault, the issue is not likely to be the printk itself as much as the difference in code that the compiler generates - stack frame, memory re-ordering etc... Linus -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: aart@kvack.org