linux-kernel - Re: [WATCHDOG] v2.6.26 hpwdt.c fixes

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0806201226420.3167@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:30:18 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
cc:	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Mingarelli <Thomas.Mingarelli@...com>
Subject: Re: [WATCHDOG] v2.6.26 hpwdt.c fixes



On Fri, 20 Jun 2008, Dave Jones wrote:
> 
> FWIW, we coincidentally got the below oops reported yesterday.
> This was against 2.6.25.4, but this doesn't seem related to the NMI path,
> so probably unfixed ?

This could be fixed by my patch - you're running in 32-bit, so it's using 
the "asmcall" thing in detection.

I committed my first (hackier, but simpler) patch that was tested by some 
people on both 32-bit and apparently 64-bit too. It *may* fix this.

		Linus
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