Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:46:06 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: v2.6.28-rc7: error in panic code? (NULL pointer dereference at 0000004c) |
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On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 10:35:57PM +0200, Pekka Enberg wrote: > Hi Greg, > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 06:19:43PM +0100, Vegard Nossum wrote: > > Fixes what? It might be quite difficult to revert that patch now, as > > the infrastructure is no longer in place to use a private pci device > > list, that code is long gone. > > Vegard forced one oops but got two! The first one is expected and but > the second one shouldn't probably be there:
"Second" oopses are known to not be reliable, I wouldn't count it as a real problem unless it happens on its own.
> >> > [ 0.040993] EIP: [<c13b41dc>] klist_next+0x10/0x8d SS:ESP 0068:c165dd48 > > Looks like the patch Vegard identified breaks something in the oops path?
Very wierd, I also don't understand how reverting the specific patch would even make a buildable system.
thanks,
greg k-h
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