linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: manual merge of the akpm-current tree with the tip tree

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Date:	Tue, 14 Jan 2014 07:48:22 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
CC:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linux-Next <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@...com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: manual merge of the akpm-current tree with the tip
 tree

On 01/14/2014 07:41 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>>>
>>> I am *guessing* that m68k is has get_fs() == KERNEL_DS at the point that
>>> futex_init() is called.  This would seem a bit of a peculiarity to m68k,
>>> and as such it would seem like it would be better for it to belong in
>>> the m68k-specific code, but since futex_init() is init code and only
>>> called once anyway it shouldn't cause any harm...
>>
>> Yes it does. So when getting the exception on 68030, we notice it's a kernel
>> space access error, not a user space access error, and crash.
> 
> Is there a good reason m68k works like this? That is, shouldn't we fix
> the arch code instead of littering the generic code with weirdness like
> this?
> 

Given that futex_init is called from initcall, this seems *really* weird
on the part of m68k.  I agree this should be fixed where the problem sits.

	-hpa

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