lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2010]   [Apr]   [7]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
From
SubjectRe: Ugly rmap NULL ptr deref oopsie on hibernate (was Linux 2.6.34-rc3)
Date
> Hi Linus,
>
> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 3:10 AM, Linus Torvalds
> <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > Sounds at least possible. Way more likely than any of the "trivially
> > obvious" code being buggy, or the SLUB layer suddenly having a serious bug
> > that only the new user could trigger.
>
> I haven't followed the discussion at all but if someone wants to
> investigate that angle more, the most likely suspect are the recent
> per-cpu changes. That said, I'd expect the problem to be more
> widespread if SLUB is to blame here.

Nope. We don't doubt SLUB nor per-cpu anymore. Rik found the bug in his patch.

thanks.





\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2010-04-07 12:15    [W:0.175 / U:0.612 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site