linux-kernel - Re: [git pull v2] x86 page fault checker

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Date:	Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:52:39 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [git pull v2] x86 page fault checker


* Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:

> Ingo,
> 
> I added your suggestion, and even tested it out. I cherry picked
> a branch to remove your split_large fix, added this output, and then
> added the changes that triggered the original bug. I got a very nasty 
> warning, but the kernel resumed fine.

Pulled into tip:x86/mm. It's not urgent in terms of .29 
material, agreed?

> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> WARNING: at arch/x86/mm/fault.c:495 do_page_fault+0x2aa/0x890()
> Hardware name: Precision WorkStation 470   
> PMD has incorrect permission bits
> [...]

Tested trees are much apprecitated! :-)

	Ingo
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