Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:35:21 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] lost sysctl fix |
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* Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
> > * Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> wrote: > > > try_attach() should walk into the matching subdirectory, not the first one... > > > > Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> > > --- > > [and yes, that's what that crap had been] > > does this explain the following crash -tip testing just triggered with > latest -git: > > [ 12.293289] calling butterfly_init+0x0/0x14 > [ 12.298036] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000004 > [ 12.302065] IP: [<c012c169>] __register_sysctl_paths+0x1af/0x253 > [ 12.308058] *pdpt = 0000000000b81001 *pde = 0000000000000000 > [ 12.314809] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
your patch fixes it.
Tested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Ingo
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