Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.6.6-mm1 Oops with dummy network device (sysfs related?) | From | Valdis.Kletnieks@vt ... | Date | Tue, 11 May 2004 09:35:40 -0400 |
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On Mon, 10 May 2004 21:06:50 EDT, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu said:
> > : Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000
> > : [show_stack+122/144] show_stack+0x7a/0x90 > > : [show_registers+324/432] show_registers+0x144/0x1b0 > > : [die+153/272] die+0x99/0x110 > > : [do_page_fault+485/1327] do_page_fault+0x1e5/0x52f > > : [error_code+45/56] error_code+0x2d/0x38 > > : [sysfs_rename_dir+193/224] sysfs_rename_dir+0xc1/0xe0 > > : [kobject_rename+33/64] kobject_rename+0x21/0x40 > > : [class_device_rename+56/80] class_device_rename+0x38/0x50 > > : [dev_change_name+315/448] dev_change_name+0x13b/0x1c0 > > : [dev_ioctl+339/704] dev_ioctl+0x153/0x2c0 > > : [inet_ioctl+154/176] inet_ioctl+0x9a/0xb0 > > : [sock_ioctl+239/656] sock_ioctl+0xef/0x290 > > : [sys_ioctl+261/608] sys_ioctl+0x105/0x260 > > : [sysenter_past_esp+82/113] sysenter_past_esp+0x52/0x71 > > Am seeing this as well, while running 'nameif' to rename real Ethernet interfaces.
In case nobody shot this bug overnight... More info
The problem is in one of the sysfs-backing-store patches. I backed out the 6 sysfs-leaves-* patches and my system boots OK. (My kernel *does* still have fix-sysfs-symlinks on). It won't be till late afternoon before I have time to play binary-search on the 6 remaining..
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