linux-kernel - Re: [git pill] vfs.git alpha fixes

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Date:   Fri, 24 Feb 2023 19:17:16 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [git pill] vfs.git alpha fixes

On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 7:30 PM Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
>
>  FEN fault fix deals with a really old oopsable braino

My old alpha architecture manual doesn't even list "clrfen" as a
PAL-code instruction.

It does have "wrfen", but that's privileged.

I have no idea when clrfen became a thing. But it's clearly a later
addition that somebody didn't think through.

             Linus