Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264514AbTH2KIw (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Aug 2003 06:08:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264515AbTH2KIw (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Aug 2003 06:08:52 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust4.swan.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.4]:47785 "EHLO dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264514AbTH2KIu (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Aug 2003 06:08:50 -0400 Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test4: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference From: Alan Cox To: Andrew Morton Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" , davidsen@tmr.com, cswingle@iarc.uaf.edu, Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20030828194039.7fabf13b.akpm@osdl.org> References: <20030828131019.69a9f3b9.akpm@osdl.org> <32865.4.4.25.4.1062124435.squirrel@www.osdl.org> <20030828194039.7fabf13b.akpm@osdl.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1062151614.26753.11.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 (1.4.3-3) Date: 29 Aug 2003 11:06:55 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 783 Lines: 19 On Gwe, 2003-08-29 at 03:40, Andrew Morton wrote: > "Randy.Dunlap" wrote: > > > > Is this the same issue as > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=106080170017645&w=2 > > in which AMD said, "Let us get back to you, ok?" on Aug. 13? > > yes. The extra if also seems to ruin PIV performance, but I still agree with Andrew - you can test code easily with known oopses. Things like the known local root holes in 2.6test aren't a problem but random oopses mean you can't tell a new bug from the old one. - 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/