From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 20:59:26 +0100 > On Tue, Feb 01, 2011 at 07:03:43PM +0100, Daniel Hellstrom wrote: >> Since the merge process of the sparc and sparc64 the sparc32 >> MNA trap handler does not emulate stores to unaligned addresses >> correctly. MNA operation from both from kernel and user space >> are affected. > > Well spotted! Indeed. > This bug was actually introduced by: > f0e98c387e61de00646be31fab4c2fa0224e1efb "[SPARC]: Fix link errors with gcc-4.3" I'll make a note of this in the commit message. > A better way to do so is to add: > > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Then the stable team(s) will all be notified when this patch is applied > by Linus to mainline. I'll take care of the -stable submission. I wish binutils wouldn't accept %1 as a register, nobody sane uses that format for register specifications and when it does happen (like here) it's a typo and a bug. Thanks guys, I'll apply this and queue it up for -stable! -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
