Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 09:39:58 +0200 From: Dave Cottlehuber <dch@skunkwerks.at> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD Errata Notice FreeBSD-EN-18:08.lazyfpu Message-ID: <1536910798.329524.1507804736.2F76C06D@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <20180912054340.1267C13295@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <20180912054340.1267C13295@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Wed, 12 Sep 2018, at 07:43, FreeBSD Errata Notices wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > ============================================================================= > FreeBSD-EN-18:08.lazyfpu Errata Notice > The FreeBSD Project > > Topic: LazyFPU remediation causes potential data corruption Data Corruption reads a bit like "Imminent SuperNova in Your Area".. I'm not really sure what it means for users & sysadmins. Given we've had the original lazyfpu patches out for 11.x for a few months[1]: - what might data corruption entail? - has this been observed in the wild? Many thanks for the efforts into making these patches available. Dave [1]: https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:07.lazyfpu.asc
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