* Re: MIPS: Avoid clobbering struct pt_regs in kthreads
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@ 2009-08-12 21:22 ` David Daney
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From: David Daney @ 2009-08-12 21:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ralf Rösch; +Cc: linux-mips
Ralf Rösch wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> Sorry to say, but your commit d406c9ae84d6ef12c55a41c97c34266b2eb7ed31
> makes my TX49xx (Toshiba RISC mipsel) based system unusable.
>
> The kernel boots fine until the stage:
> Freeing unused kernel memory: 140k freed
> and then stops.
> Some of our LEDS are updated as supposed, so a part of the kernel should
> be running.
>
> Reverting your commit makes the latest 2.4.37.4 kernel usable again.
> Do you have an idea what might go wrong?
>
I'm sorry, I can't think of anything.
I would look in copy_thread and the kthread spawning code. Does TX49xx
have custom versions of these?
David Daney
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