Re: [PATCH] Arch: x86_32, fix fault_msg nul termination

[Ingo Molnar]

* Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The fault_msg text is not explictly nul terminated now in startup 
> assembly. Do so by converting .ascii to .asciz.

thanks Jiri, applied.

>  fault_msg:
> -	.ascii								\
> +	.asciz								\
>  /* fault info: */	"BUG: Int %d: CR2 %p\n"				\
>  /* pusha regs: */	"     EDI %p  ESI %p  EBP %p  ESP %p\n"		\
>  			"     EBX %p  EDX %p  ECX %p  EAX %p\n"		\

i guess in practice we were saved by a NIL following this string, but 
there's no guarantee indeed.

	Ingo
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