[Linux-ia64] Re: [patch] 2.4.21-rc2-cset-1129 hugetlb, unwind fixes

From: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn_helgaas_at_hp.com>
Date: 2003-06-04 01:56:21
I applied this unwind patch for 2.4.  Thanks!

On Friday 30 May 2003 10:03 pm, Keith Owens wrote:
> On Fri, 30 May 2003 18:16:19 -0700, 
> David Mosberger <davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com> wrote:
> >>>>>> On Wed, 28 May 2003 17:17:24 +1000, Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au> said:
> >
> >  Keith> arch/ia64/kernel/unwind.c: Only call get_scratch_regs() when
> >  Keith> pt is really needed.  The premature calls to
> >  Keith> get_scratch_regs() would pick up the wrong address for pt if
> >  Keith> the register was in switch_stack and pt_regs had not been
> >  Keith> reached yet, e.g. unw_access_ar(&info, UNW_AR_BSPSTORE,...)
> >  Keith> before pt_regs had been reached.
> >
> >This looks fine to me.  Can you send me a 2.5 patch?
> 
> 2.5 only requires the pt_regs changes.  First patch is against
> 2.5.69-ia64-030521, second does the same thing against 2.5.69 ia64
> cset-1.1042.1.187-to-1.1102.
> 
> Bjorn, there are several minor differences between the 2.5.69 version
> of unwind.c and 2.4.21-rc2-ia64-cset-1.1116.2.93-to-1.1129, AFAICT
> there is no reason for the differences.  The 2.5.69 version of unwind.c
> plus the first patch below can drop straight into 2.4, replacing the
> patch I sent against cset-1129.  The cset 2.5.69 1.1102 version is not
> compatible with 2.4 kernels.
Received on Tue Jun 03 08:56:41 2003

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