Re: [PATCH 1/4] ARM: catch pending imprecise abort on unmask

2015-10-15 Thread Russell King - ARM Linux
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 04:48:30PM +0200, Lucas Stach wrote: > Install a non-faulting handler just before unmasking imprecise aborts > and switch back to the regular one after unmasking is done. > > This catches any pending imprecise abort that the firmware/bootloader > may have left behind that

[PATCH 1/4] ARM: catch pending imprecise abort on unmask

2015-10-14 Thread Lucas Stach
Install a non-faulting handler just before unmasking imprecise aborts and switch back to the regular one after unmasking is done. This catches any pending imprecise abort that the firmware/bootloader may have left behind that would normally crash the kernel at that point. As there are apparently

Re: [PATCH 1/4] ARM: catch pending imprecise abort on unmask

2015-10-14 Thread Hauke Mehrtens
On 10/14/2015 04:48 PM, Lucas Stach wrote: > Install a non-faulting handler just before unmasking imprecise aborts > and switch back to the regular one after unmasking is done. > > This catches any pending imprecise abort that the firmware/bootloader > may have left behind that would normally