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SubjectRe: 2.6.37-rc7: Regression: b43: crashes in hwrng_register()
On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 04:49:05PM -0600, Larry Finger wrote:
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> Do you see any problems in the code in drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c or
> drivers/char/hw_random/via-rng.c. As the latter seems to make b43 fail, I am
> suspecting via-rng, but I have no proof.

My suspicion is that VIA's xstore is writing more than 4 bytes as
the list pointer happens to lie immediately after rng->priv which
is where xstore is writing to.

Harald, do you know whether this is documented or is this a known
errata item?

Thanks,
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