Re: [uml-user] Re: [uml-devel] Fixing the 2.4 bugs - patches against 2.4.24-1um

[Jeff D. <jd...@ad...>]

fr...@tu... said:
> The configuration program will either set CONFIG_GPROF to 'y', or it
> will  put "# CONFIG_GPROF is not set" into the .config file.
> CONFIG_GPROF will  never be 'n', at least in my understanding. 

Jeez, thanks for finding that.

> I believe this bug may affect stability for a number of people, and it
> has existed since 2.4.24-2um first came out.  It may not solve any
> underlying problems, but I'd like to hear if it helps anyone else. 

I don't think it should, unless you're profiling.  The problem is that -pg
and regparam(3) don't (or didn't) interact nicely.  The -pg code trashed
the arguments that regparam was passing in registers, and you'd get strange
panics early in boot.

Have you checked that this actually fixes anything?  It looks like just a 
stupid typo to me.

				Jeff