1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
index 1bd712c33ce2..54f4fb994e99 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <linux/kprobes.h>
 #include <linux/kdebug.h>
 #include <linux/perf_event.h>
+#include <linux/magic.h>
 
 #include <asm/firmware.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
@@ -385,6 +386,7 @@ do_sigbus:
 void bad_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address, int sig)
 {
         const struct exception_table_entry *entry;
+        unsigned long *stackend;
 
         /* Are we prepared to handle this fault?  */
         if ((entry = search_exception_tables(regs->nip)) != NULL) {
@@ -413,5 +415,9 @@ void bad_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address, int sig)
         printk(KERN_ALERT "Faulting instruction address: 0x%08lx\n",
                 regs->nip);
 
+        stackend = end_of_stack(current);
+        if (current != &init_task && *stackend != STACK_END_MAGIC)
+                printk(KERN_ALERT "Thread overran stack, or stack corrupted\n");
+
         die("Kernel access of bad area", regs, sig);
 }