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-rw-r--r--arch/ppc/kernel/traps.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/ppc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/ppc/kernel/traps.c
index ed5c7acdca7..aec225b402a 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/ppc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -805,6 +805,13 @@ void AltivecAssistException(struct pt_regs *regs)
if (regs->msr & MSR_VEC)
giveup_altivec(current);
preempt_enable();
+ if (!user_mode(regs)) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "altivec assist exception in kernel mode"
+ " at %lx\n", regs->nip);
+ debugger(regs);
+ die("altivec assist exception", regs, SIGFPE);
+ return;
+ }
err = emulate_altivec(regs);
if (err == 0) {