DIE_GPF vs. DIE_PAGE_FAULT/DIE_TRAP

What is the reason for notify_die(DIE_GPF, ...) to be run late in the GP
fault handler (on both i386 and x86-64), while for other exceptions it
gets run first thing (as I would have expected for all exceptions)?

Thanks, Jan
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