Re: [PATCH 2.6.13] x86_64: Add notify_die() to another spot in do_page_fault()

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On Thursday 08 September 2005 18:38, Tom Rini wrote:
> This adds a call to notify_die() in the "no context" portion of
> do_page_fault() as someone on the chain might care and want to do a fixup.
>
> ---
>
>  linux-2.6.13-trini/arch/x86_64/mm/fault.c |    4 ++++
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff -puN arch/x86_64/mm/fault.c~x86_64-no_context_hook
> arch/x86_64/mm/fault.c ---
> linux-2.6.13/arch/x86_64/mm/fault.c~x86_64-no_context_hook	2005-09-01
> 12:00:43.000000000 -0700 +++
> linux-2.6.13-trini/arch/x86_64/mm/fault.c	2005-09-01 12:00:43.000000000
> -0700 @@ -514,6 +514,10 @@ no_context:
>  	if (is_errata93(regs, address))
>  		return;
>
> +	if (notify_die(DIE_PAGE_FAULT, "no context", regs, error_code, 14,
> +				SIGSEGV) == NOTIFY_STOP)
> +		return;
> +

But how would the chain users distingush this from the DIE_PAGE_FAULT
reported at the beginning of the page fault handler? I don't see how
it can work. If anything you would need a DIE_NO_CONTEXT or somesuch, no? 

-Andi
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