Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751799AbXLDCUg (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Dec 2007 21:20:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751267AbXLDCUZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Dec 2007 21:20:25 -0500 Received: from relay1.sgi.com ([192.48.171.29]:56910 "EHLO relay.sgi.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751075AbXLDCUY (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Dec 2007 21:20:24 -0500 Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 13:20:15 +1100 From: David Chinner To: Neil Brown Cc: David Chinner , lkml Subject: Re: Regression - 2.6.24-rc3 - umem nvram card driver oops Message-ID: <20071204022015.GX119954183@sgi.com> References: <20071203213558.GP115527101@sgi.com> <18260.39892.215075.795664@notabene.brown> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <18260.39892.215075.795664@notabene.brown> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 910 Lines: 29 On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 11:14:12AM +1100, Neil Brown wrote: > On Tuesday December 4, dgc@sgi.com wrote: > > Neil, > > > > I just upgraded an ia64 (Altix, 16k page size) test box to 2.6.24-rc3 > > from 2.6.23 and I get it panicing on boot in the umem driver. > > Cool - someone is using umem! And even testing it. Thanks! > > A quick look shows a probable NULL deref. Let me know if this fixes > it. I'll read through the offending patch more carefully and make > sure there is nothing else wrong. Yeah, that appears to fix the problem. Tested-by: Dave Chinner Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner Principal Engineer SGI Australian Software Group -- 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/