Re: 2.6.12-rc1-mm1

[Oleg Nesterov]

Not related to this mm release directly, but

> All 609 patches:
> ...
> x86-fix-esp-corruption-cpu-bug-take-2.patch
>   x86: fix ESP corruption CPU bug (take 2)

I think that Stas tries to steal 1024 bytes from kernel's memory ...
On top of his patch.

--- 2.6.12/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c~stas	2005-03-21 19:43:11.000000000 +0300
+++ 2.6.12/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c	2005-03-21 19:48:30.000000000 +0300
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct desc_struct, cpu_gdt_table[GDT_ENTRIES]);
 EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(cpu_gdt_table);
 
-unsigned char cpu_16bit_stack[CPU_16BIT_STACK_SIZE];
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned char, cpu_16bit_stack[CPU_16BIT_STACK_SIZE]);
 EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(cpu_16bit_stack);
 
--- 2.6.12-rc1/include/asm-i386/desc.h~stas	2005-03-21 19:43:11.000000000 +0300
+++ 2.6.12-rc1/include/asm-i386/desc.h	2005-03-21 19:49:16.000000000 +0300
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 extern struct desc_struct cpu_gdt_table[GDT_ENTRIES];
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct desc_struct, cpu_gdt_table[GDT_ENTRIES]);
 
-extern unsigned char cpu_16bit_stack[CPU_16BIT_STACK_SIZE];
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned char, cpu_16bit_stack[CPU_16BIT_STACK_SIZE]);
 
 struct Xgt_desc_struct {
-
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