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author | Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp> | 2007-04-16 23:19:44 +0900 |
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committer | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | 2007-04-20 14:58:37 +0100 |
commit | faea62346444ce5b1dba8fb5291d95b676522c42 (patch) | |
tree | d00e53763ca9b145348e5754aaf0cd4dcbb12123 /Documentation | |
parent | 5323180db75d562a287cb2020b07c9422df13df6 (diff) |
[MIPS] Retry {save,restore}_fp_context if failed in atomic context.
The save_fp_context()/restore_fp_context() might sleep on accessing
user stack and therefore might lose FPU ownership in middle of them.
If these function failed due to "in_atomic" test in do_page_fault,
touch the sigcontext area in non-atomic context and retry these
save/restore operation.
This is a replacement of a (broken) fix which was titled "Allow CpU
exception in kernel partially".
Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
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