linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2/2] x86, fpu: lazy allocation of FPU area

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Date:	06 Mar 2008 21:52:48 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, hpa@...or.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 2/2] x86, fpu: lazy allocation of FPU area - v3

Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> writes:
> 
> Well, we should not be sending SIGSEGV...? SIGBUS would be cleaner, or
> SIGKILL... what happens when userland tries to catch this one?

When this happens the kernel is already in a severe out of memory
situation and no matter what you do user land will not be able
to handle this well.

-Andi
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