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SubjectRe: [crash] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000370
Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> On Mon, 21 Jul 2008, Larry Finger wrote:
>> Yes, I'm chasing a distinct bug. The header for mine is
>>
>> Jul 21 12:19:37 larrylap kernel: kernel BUG at net/core/dev.c:1328!
>
> Ok, that one is fixed now in my tree. Or at least it's turned into a
> warning, so the machine should work.
>
>> With an invalid opcode, mine is likely due to stack corruption.
>
> No, invalid opcode is because we use the "ud2" instruction for BUG(),
> which causes an invalid op exception. So any BUG[_ON]() will always cause
> that on x86.

Thanks for the explanation.

With your latest tree, I do get the warning. Unfortunately, it still breaks my
wireless and I still need to do the bisection. That is complicated by getting a
kernel that won't build after the first try. I think I now have a workaround.

Larry


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