Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:28:29 -0500 | | From | Larry Finger <> | | Subject | Re: [crash] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000370 |
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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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