Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [bisected] kernel panic 2.6.22 -> 2.6.26-rc9+ | From | Krzysztof Halasa <> | Date | Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:48:15 +0200 |
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Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> writes:
> (cc's added)
(cc added) :-)
> I guess you're referring to this: > http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2008-07/msg04754.html
Right.
>> PPP over ATM connection (Thomson/Alcatel >> Speedtouch). It doesn't seem to occur on the same IXP4xx with Ethernet >> or V.35 WAN, and it doesn't occur on i386 + the same Speedtouch ADSL. >> The kernel is basically unpatched, the only extra patch applied is the >> platform support (nothing magic). >> >> Generally to trigger the panic one has to request a TCP data stream >> over that PPPoATM connection.
I see what's wrong now: that's the ARM fls() problem, the call in fls64() to be precise. It seems it was already discussed: the patch in http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/5/4/233 makes the problem disappear.
Perhaps it's time to fix it definitely? -- Krzysztof Halasa
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