Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757092AbYGOLwc (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:52:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755068AbYGOLwY (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:52:24 -0400 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:37111 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754933AbYGOLwX (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:52:23 -0400 Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:51:17 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Neil Horman Cc: Simon Arlott , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Andrew Morton , Herbert Xu Subject: Re: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000000000000e (reset_prng_context) Message-ID: <20080715115117.GA3300@elte.hu> References: <487BE071.80101@simon.arlott.org.uk> <20080715020428.GA27463@hmsendeavour.rdu.redhat.com> <20080715113304.GA30565@elte.hu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080715113304.GA30565@elte.hu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1326 Lines: 41 * Ingo Molnar wrote: > i have just triggered this crash too. Please, when you know about > bootup crashes in your code send a patch to the lkml thread so that > people can apply it and have a working system. here's the band-aid patch i'm using. Ingo --------------> commit 3fdcd29e5c272c66424ac7616fcd4a9a725bc206 Author: Ingo Molnar Date: Tue Jul 15 13:34:15 2008 +0200 crypto: exclude broken CRYPTO_PRNG code Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- crypto/Kconfig | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig index ea50357..2cf66ca 100644 --- a/crypto/Kconfig +++ b/crypto/Kconfig @@ -670,6 +670,8 @@ comment "Random Number Generation" config CRYPTO_PRNG tristate "Pseudo Random Number Generation for Cryptographic modules" + # causes bootup crashes with config-Tue_Jul_15_10_35_22_CEST_2008.bad + depends on 0 help This option enables the generic pseudo random number generator for cryptographic modules. Uses the Algorithm specified in -- 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/