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SubjectRe: 2.6.18-rc5-git1 + "ieee1394: nodemgr" patches -- BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000
On 9/8/06, Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> wrote:
> Miles Lane wrote:
> ...
> > Things went pretty well, until I ran
> > "pccardctl eject" and then popped out the Firewire card.
> ...
> > BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual
> > address 00000000
> ...
> > EIP is at dv1394_remove_host+0x17/0xad [dv1394]
> ...
> > Call Trace:
> > [<f91788c2>] __unregister_host+0x17/0x79 [ieee1394]
> > [<f9178945>] highlevel_remove_host+0x21/0x42 [ieee1394]
> > [<f9177e65>] hpsb_remove_host+0x37/0x56 [ieee1394]
> > [<f912c9f2>] ohci1394_pci_remove+0x41/0x1cd [ohci1394]
> > [<c10c5d24>] pci_device_remove+0x16/0x28
> > [<c111dcbd>] __device_release_driver+0x5a/0x72
> > [<c111de8f>] device_release_driver+0x1b/0x29
> > [<c111d705>] bus_remove_device+0x78/0x8a
> > [<c111c8a7>] device_del+0xe9/0x11a
> > [<c111c8e0>] device_unregister+0x8/0x10
> > [<c10c3ee5>] pci_remove_bus_device+0x39/0xcf
> > [<c10c3f95>] pci_remove_behind_bridge+0x1a/0x2d
> > [<f910d5ae>] socket_shutdown+0x89/0xdd [pcmcia_core]
> > [<f910d675>] pcmcia_eject_card+0x56/0x65 [pcmcia_core]
> ...
>
> Looks like the last word on
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2228 isn't spoken. Maybe the
> bug can be fixed in dv1394 itself, or maybe we need to rework the
> ieee1394 core's *_remove_host sequence.
>
> Checking the 1394 driver stack's conduct during card hot-ejection is in
> my long-term to-do list. Hopefully someone else can look at it sooner.
> But I suggest you open a new bugzilla bug so we don't lose track.
>
> I suppose the temporary workaround is to unload dv1394 before card ejection.

Thanks,

I created the bug report: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7121

Best wishes,
Miles
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