Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 12 Sep 2004 00:29:45 -0700 | | From | "Udo A. Steinberg" <> | | Subject | Re: Possible dcache BUG | |
On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 00:16:26 -0700 Andrew Morton (AM) wrote:
AM> Random guess: acpi_evaluate_object() is returning an error but is
AM> allocating memory anyway.
AM>
AM> In acpi_battery_get_status():
AM>
AM> status = acpi_evaluate_object(battery->handle, "_BST", NULL, &buffer);
AM> if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
AM> ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_ERROR, "Error evaluating _BST\n"));
AM> return_VALUE(-ENODEV);
AM> }
AM>
AM> Is that failure path being taken?
Is there a way for me to find that out without recompiling and rebooting?
-Udo.
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