Re: Cannot unwind through MIPS signal frames withICACHE_REFILLS_WORKAROUND_WAR

2007-11-13 Thread Kevin D. Kissell
> > True, though it should perhaps be noted that currently it's only on 4KSc/Sd > > systems (which I know you work on) where it's even possible for the stack > > *not* to have exec permissions, since the classical MIPS MMU gives > > execute permission to any page that is readable. > > Disabling PR

Re: Cannot unwind through MIPS signal frames with ICACHE_REFILLS_WORKAROUND_WAR

2007-11-13 Thread Kevin D. Kissell
Franck a dit: > > Another reason is to get rid of the classic trampoline the kernel installs > > on the stack. On some multiprocessor systems it requires a cacheflush > > operation to be performed on all processors which is expensive. Having > > the trampoline in a vDSO would solve that. > > > >