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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/i386/kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/i386/kernel/head.S | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/i386/kernel/process.c | 6 |
3 files changed, 7 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/head.S b/arch/i386/kernel/head.S index be9d883c62c..ca31f18d277 100644 --- a/arch/i386/kernel/head.S +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/head.S @@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ is386: movl $2,%ecx # set MP movl %eax,%gs lldt %ax cld # gcc2 wants the direction flag cleared at all times - pushl %eax # fake return address + pushl $0 # fake return address for unwinder #ifdef CONFIG_SMP movb ready, %cl movb $1, ready diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c b/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c index 3e8e3adb048..eaafe233a5d 100644 --- a/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/nmi.c @@ -219,11 +219,11 @@ static int __init check_nmi_watchdog(void) int cpu; /* Enable NMI watchdog for newer systems. - Actually it should be safe for most systems before 2004 too except - for some IBM systems that corrupt registers when NMI happens - during SMM. Unfortunately we don't have more exact information - on these and use this coarse check. */ - if (nmi_watchdog == NMI_DEFAULT && dmi_get_year(DMI_BIOS_DATE) >= 2004) + Probably safe on most older systems too, but let's be careful. + IBM ThinkPads use INT10 inside SMM and that allows early NMI inside SMM + which hangs the system. Disable watchdog for all thinkpads */ + if (nmi_watchdog == NMI_DEFAULT && dmi_get_year(DMI_BIOS_DATE) >= 2004 && + !dmi_name_in_vendors("ThinkPad")) nmi_watchdog = NMI_LOCAL_APIC; if ((nmi_watchdog == NMI_NONE) || (nmi_watchdog == NMI_DEFAULT)) diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c b/arch/i386/kernel/process.c index 57d375900af..1e1fa3e391a 100644 --- a/arch/i386/kernel/process.c +++ b/arch/i386/kernel/process.c @@ -336,7 +336,6 @@ extern void kernel_thread_helper(void); int kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void * arg, unsigned long flags) { struct pt_regs regs; - int err; memset(®s, 0, sizeof(regs)); @@ -351,10 +350,7 @@ int kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void * arg, unsigned long flags) regs.eflags = X86_EFLAGS_IF | X86_EFLAGS_SF | X86_EFLAGS_PF | 0x2; /* Ok, create the new process.. */ - err = do_fork(flags | CLONE_VM | CLONE_UNTRACED, 0, ®s, 0, NULL, NULL); - if (err == 0) /* terminate kernel stack */ - task_pt_regs(current)->eip = 0; - return err; + return do_fork(flags | CLONE_VM | CLONE_UNTRACED, 0, ®s, 0, NULL, NULL); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread); |