The patch titled x86: fix system gate related crash has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is x86-fix-system-gate-related-crash.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: x86: fix system gate related crash From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> on 32-bit, system gates are traps. on 64-bit, they are interrupts (which disable hardirqs). Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/asm-x86/desc.h | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff -puN include/asm-x86/desc.h~x86-fix-system-gate-related-crash include/asm-x86/desc.h --- a/include/asm-x86/desc.h~x86-fix-system-gate-related-crash +++ a/include/asm-x86/desc.h @@ -328,7 +328,11 @@ static inline void set_trap_gate(unsigne static inline void set_system_gate(unsigned int n, void *addr) { BUG_ON((unsigned)n > 0xFF); +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32 + _set_gate(n, GATE_TRAP, addr, 0x3, 0, __KERNEL_CS); +#else _set_gate(n, GATE_INTERRUPT, addr, 0x3, 0, __KERNEL_CS); +#endif } static inline void set_task_gate(unsigned int n, unsigned int gdt_entry) _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from mingo@xxxxxxx are origin.patch get_task_comm-return-the-result.patch clone-prepare-to-recycle-clone_detached-and-clone_stopped.patch clone-prepare-to-recycle-clone_detached-and-clone_stopped-fix.patch __group_complete_signal-fix-coredump-with-group-stop-race.patch remove-handle_group_stop-in-favor-of-do_signal_stop.patch exec-rework-the-group-exit-and-fix-the-race-with-kill.patch timerfd-v3-new-timerfd-api-make-hrtimer_forward-to-return-a-u64.patch timerfd-v3-new-timerfd-api-make-the-returned-time-to-be-the-remaining-time-till-the-next-expiration.patch timerfd-v3-new-timerfd-api-make-the-returned-time-to-be-the-remaining-time-till-the-next-expiration-checkpatch-fixes.patch git-alsa.patch git-hrt.patch revert-git-hrt.patch git-kvm.patch kvm-ist-kaput.patch pci-disable-decoding-during-sizing-of-bars.patch git-sched.patch git-sched-fixup.patch git-sched-fix-preempt-rcu-on-non-preemptible-architectures.patch git-x86.patch git-x86-fixup.patch git-x86-arch-x86-math-emu-errorsc-fix-printk-warnings.patch git-x86-drivers-pnp-pnpbios-bioscallsc-build-fix.patch git-x86-fix-doubly-merged-patch.patch git-x86-export-leave_mm.patch x86-fix-system-gate-related-crash.patch arch-x86-kernel-cpu-mcheck-p4c-kernel-2624-rc5.patch arch-x86-kernel-cpu-mcheck-p4c-kernel-2624-rc5-checkpatch-fixes.patch arch-x86-kernel-cpu-mcheck-p4c-kernel-2624-rc5-checkpatch-fixes-checkpatch-fixes.patch iommu-sg-merging-x86-make-pci-gart-iommu-respect-the-segment-size-limits.patch iommu-sg-x86-convert-calgary-iommu-to-use-the-iommu-helper.patch iommu-sg-x86-convert-gart-iommu-to-use-the-iommu-helper.patch iommu-sg-kill-__clear_bit_string-and-find_next_zero_string.patch git-cryptodev-fixup.patch fix-rtc_aie-with-config_hpet_emulate_rtc.patch i386-resolve-dependency-of-asm-i386-pgtableh-on-highmemh.patch i386-resolve-dependency-of-asm-i386-pgtableh-on-highmemh-checkpatch-fixes.patch fix-proc-dcache-deadlock-in-do_exit.patch read_current_time-cleanups.patch printk-trivial-optimizations.patch kernel-add-mutex_lock_killable.patch vfs-use-mutex_lock_killable-in-vfs_readdir.patch fix-__const_udelay-declaration-and-definition-mismatches.patch unix98-allocated_ptys_lock-semaphore-to-mutex.patch stopmachine-semaphore-to-mutex.patch stopmachine-semaphore-to-mutex-fix.patch calibrate_delay-must-be-__cpuinit.patch idle_regs-must-be-__cpuinit.patch debug_smp_processor_id-fixlets.patch avoid-overflows-in-kernel-timec.patch isapnp-driver-semaphore-to-mutex.patch isapnp-driver-semaphore-to-mutex-fix.patch isapnp-driver-semaphore-to-mutex-fix-fix.patch add-cmpxchg64-and-cmpxchg64_local-to-x86_64.patch proc-fix-the-threaded-proc-self.patch modules-fold-percpu_modcopy-into-modulec-and-get-rid-of-the-macro-from-hell.patch fix-group-stop-with-exit-race.patch move-the-related-code-from-exit_notify-to-exit_signals.patch clocksource-remove-redundant-code.patch clockevent-simplify-list-operations.patch timekeeping-rename-timekeeping_is_continuous-to-timekeeping_valid_for_hres.patch time-fix-typo-in-comments.patch time-delete-comments-that-refer-to-noexistent-symbols.patch aout-move-stack_top-to-asm-processorh-fix.patch aout-suppress-aout-library-support-if-config_arch_supports_aout-vs-git-x86.patch kernel-remove-fastcall-in-kernel.patch kernel-remove-fastcall-in-kernel-checkpatch-fixes.patch detect-atomic-counter-underflows.patch make-frame_pointer-default=y.patch mutex-subsystem-synchro-test-module.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html