--- zzzz-none-000/linux-2.6.19.2/arch/ppc/kernel/traps.c	2007-01-10 19:10:37.000000000 +0000
+++ davinci-8020-5505/linux-2.6.19.2/arch/ppc/kernel/traps.c	2007-01-11 07:38:19.000000000 +0000
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@
 
 void alignment_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-	int sig, code, fixed = 0;
+	int fixed;
 
 	fixed = fix_alignment(regs);
 	if (fixed == 1) {
@@ -717,16 +717,14 @@
 		return;
 	}
 	if (fixed == -EFAULT) {
-		sig = SIGSEGV;
-		code = SEGV_ACCERR;
-	} else {
-		sig = SIGBUS;
-		code = BUS_ADRALN;
+		/* fixed == -EFAULT means the operand address was bad */
+		if (user_mode(regs))
+			_exception(SIGSEGV, regs, SEGV_ACCERR, regs->dar);
+		else
+			bad_page_fault(regs, regs->dar, SIGSEGV);
+		return;
 	}
-	if (user_mode(regs))
-		_exception(sig, regs, code, regs->dar);
-	else
-		bad_page_fault(regs, regs->dar, sig);
+	_exception(SIGBUS, regs, BUS_ADRALN, regs->dar);
 }
 
 void StackOverflow(struct pt_regs *regs)