linux-kernel - Re: Incorrect alignment assumptions in x86

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Date:	Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:33:53 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Keith Owens <kaos@....com.au>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: Re: Incorrect alignment assumptions in x86_64 stacktrace

On Friday 25 August 2006 08:59, Keith Owens wrote:
> 2.6.18-rc4 arch/x86_64/kernel/stacktrace.c::get_stack_end() incorrectly
> assumes that the irqstackptr is IRQSTACKSIZE aligned.
> 
> 	stack_end = (unsigned long)cpu_pda(cpu)->irqstackptr;
> 	if (stack_end) {
> 		stack_start = stack_end & ~(IRQSTACKSIZE-1);
> 
> irqstackptr is only guaranteed to be page aligned, not IRQSTACKSIZE
> (4*PAGE_SIZE) aligned.

Thanks. I have already removed that code post 2.6.18 (the standard backtracer
now does both stacktrace and show_trace) 

You think it is important enough for 2.6.18?

-Andi

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