Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268511AbUILHcR (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Sep 2004 03:32:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268515AbUILHcQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Sep 2004 03:32:16 -0400 Received: from os.inf.tu-dresden.de ([141.76.48.99]:7840 "EHLO os.inf.tu-dresden.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268511AbUILHcO (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Sep 2004 03:32:14 -0400 Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 00:29:45 -0700 From: "Udo A. Steinberg" To: Andrew Morton Cc: torvalds@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, len.brown@intel.com Subject: Re: Possible dcache BUG Message-ID: <20040912002945.29a976ad@laptop.delusion.de> In-Reply-To: <20040912001626.759e2d17.akpm@osdl.org> References: <20040808113930.24ae0273.akpm@osdl.org> <200408100012.08945.gene.heskett@verizon.net> <200408102342.12792.gene.heskett@verizon.net> <20040810211849.0d556af4@laptop.delusion.de> <20040812180033.62b389db@laptop.delusion.de> <20040912000354.7243a328@laptop.delusion.de> <20040912001626.759e2d17.akpm@osdl.org> X-GPG-Key: 1024D/233B9D29 (wwwkeys.pgp.net) X-GPG-Fingerprint: CE1F 5FDD 3C01 BE51 2106 292E 9E14 735D 233B 9D29 X-Mailer: X-Mailer 5.0 Gold Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="pgp-sha1"; boundary="Signature=_Sun__12_Sep_2004_00_29_45_-0700_PObuK35=dzSJ/dZf" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1312 Lines: 41 --Signature=_Sun__12_Sep_2004_00_29_45_-0700_PObuK35=dzSJ/dZf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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? -Udo. --Signature=_Sun__12_Sep_2004_00_29_45_-0700_PObuK35=dzSJ/dZf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBQ/runhRzXSM7nSkRAk0pAJ9uKi1w3cfOt5TimchJZsA/I9uFmACeMRw3 /yBCjASbcdrcOC/5GWVbzac= =pEvV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Sun__12_Sep_2004_00_29_45_-0700_PObuK35=dzSJ/dZf-- - 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/