Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 12 Sep 2004 00:48:12 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: Possible dcache BUG |
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"Udo A. Steinberg" <us15@os.inf.tu-dresden.de> wrote: > > On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 00:16:26 -0700 Andrew Morton (AM) wrote: > > AM> Random guess: acpi_evaluate_object() is returning an error but is > AM> allocating memory anyway. > AM> > AM> In acpi_battery_get_status(): > AM> > AM> status = acpi_evaluate_object(battery->handle, "_BST", NULL, &buffer); > AM> if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) { > AM> ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_ERROR, "Error evaluating _BST\n")); > AM> return_VALUE(-ENODEV); > AM> } > AM> > AM> Is that failure path being taken? > > Is there a way for me to find that out without recompiling and rebooting?
Not sure. Looks like you need to set CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG and then put the right number into /proc/acpi/debug_layer. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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