Re: [User-mode-linux-devel] An irq fix check-in

[William S. <wst...@po...>]

Good afternoon, Jeff,
	Darn it, that's no fair!  I can't even get the test kernel built
before you've found and fixed the problem!
	*smile*

On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Jeff Dike wrote:

> The crash that Bill Stearns pointed out yesterday seems to have been caused by 
> an irq_save bug.  It was enabling signals when it should have been disabling 
> them, which is very bad.
> 
> So, the fix is checked in now.  Grab the latest stuff if you're seeing strange 
> behavoir.  I've seen process segfaults, process hangs in strange places, and 
> kernel memory corruption.  I'm tempted to blame all of that on this bug so I 
> can claim to have completely bug-free code.

	*laugh*  What an optimist.
	I'll let you know once I can get a kernel compiled off cvs.
	Cheers,
	- Bill

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