Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 4 Dec 2007 13:20:15 +1100 | | From | David Chinner <> | | Subject | Re: Regression - 2.6.24-rc3 - umem nvram card driver oops | |
On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 11:14:12AM +1100, Neil Brown wrote:
> On Tuesday December 4, dgc@sgi.com wrote:
> > Neil,
> >
> > I just upgraded an ia64 (Altix, 16k page size) test box to 2.6.24-rc3
> > from 2.6.23 and I get it panicing on boot in the umem driver.
>
> Cool - someone is using umem! And even testing it. Thanks!
>
> A quick look shows a probable NULL deref. Let me know if this fixes
> it. I'll read through the offending patch more carefully and make
> sure there is nothing else wrong.
Yeah, that appears to fix the problem.
Tested-by: Dave Chinner <dgc@sgi.com>
Cheers,
Dave.
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Dave Chinner
Principal Engineer
SGI Australian Software Group
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