Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 1 Jan 2006 00:01:52 +0200 | From | Sami Farin <> | Subject | Re: system keeps freezing once every 24 hours / random apps crashing |
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On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 07:43:43PM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote: > >Hi Sami, > > > >That caused also a crash, i kept pressing the v key and within 15 > >seconds it crashed, then i saw the crash-info appear in the log and when > >i clicked on mozilla then it crashed too but without crahs info and > >system froze totally. > > > >Below the crash info: > > > >Dec 31 17:38:32 localhost kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request > >at virtual address c8111000 > >Dec 31 17:38:32 localhost kernel: printing eip: > >Dec 31 17:38:32 localhost kernel: c036037a > >Dec 31 17:38:32 localhost kernel: *pgd = 21063 > >Dec 31 17:38:32 localhost kernel: *pmd = 21063 > >Dec 31 17:38:32 localhost kernel: *pte = 8111000 > >Dec 31 17:38:32 localhost kernel: Oops: 0002 [#4] > [snip] > Could you try the attached patch? > > -- > diff --git a/drivers/media/video/bttv-risc.c b/drivers/media/video/bttv-risc.c > --- a/drivers/media/video/bttv-risc.c > +++ b/drivers/media/video/bttv-risc.c > @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ bttv_risc_packed(struct bttv *btv, struc > /* estimate risc mem: worst case is one write per page border + > one write per scan line + sync + jump (all 2 dwords) */ > instructions = (bpl * lines) / PAGE_SIZE + lines; > - instructions += 2; > + instructions += 4; > if ((rc = btcx_riscmem_alloc(btv->c.pci,risc,instructions*8)) < 0) > return rc;
This patch has the effect that xawtv crashed system two times faster than earlier... now we're at two seconds.
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