[PATCH] ppc32: oops on kernel altivec assist exceptions
authorPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Sat, 16 Apr 2005 22:24:17 +0000 (15:24 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org>
Sat, 16 Apr 2005 22:24:17 +0000 (15:24 -0700)
If we should happen to get an altivec assist exception while executing in
the kernel, we will currently try to handle it and fail, and end up oopsing
with (apparently) a segfault.  (An altivec assist exception occurs for
floating-point altivec instructions with denormalized inputs or outputs if
the altivec unit is in java mode.)

This patch checks explicitly if we are in user mode and prints a useful
message if not.

Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

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