BRK bug is defined as 512, which is smaller than 1 << 10 resulting in left shifting bcode by 10 earlier. Without this the code block can't ever be reached. Problem was added in commit 63dc68a8cf ([MIPS] Use conditional traps for BUG_ON on MIPS II and better). Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- I'm by no means familiar with MIPS but this seems an appropriate fix. arch/mips/kernel/traps.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c b/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c index 984c0d0..4dfcd61 100644 --- a/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/traps.c @@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ asmlinkage void do_bp(struct pt_regs *regs) info.si_addr = (void __user *) regs->cp0_epc; force_sig_info(SIGFPE, &info, current); break; - case BRK_BUG: + case BRK_BUG << 10: die("Kernel bug detected", regs); break; default: -- 1.5.4.4