Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Neil Brown <> | | Date | Tue, 4 Dec 2007 13:48:51 +1100 | | Subject | Re: Regression - 2.6.24-rc3 - umem nvram card driver oops | |
On Tuesday December 4, dgc@sgi.com wrote:
> 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>
Thanks.
I couldn't find any other issues in the code.
NeilBrown
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