Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759294AbYLDAN2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2008 19:13:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758148AbYLDAFo (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2008 19:05:44 -0500 Received: from outbound-dub.frontbridge.com ([213.199.154.16]:19096 "EHLO IE1EHSOBE001.bigfish.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755818AbYLDAFn (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2008 19:05:43 -0500 X-BigFish: VPS-42(zz1432R62a3L98dR936eQ4015M1805Mzzzzz32i6bh62h) X-Spam-TCS-SCL: 1:0 X-WSS-ID: 0KBBS8X-02-FWX-01 Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 01:04:45 +0100 From: Robert Richter To: Eric Dumazet CC: Andi Kleen , Ingo Molnar , linux kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH] oprofile: fix CPU unplug panic in ppro_stop() Message-ID: <20081204000445.GL11656@erda.amd.com> References: <4934D3E1.1000507@cosmosbay.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4934D3E1.1000507@cosmosbay.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 04 Dec 2008 00:05:22.0596 (UTC) FILETIME=[005E7E40:01C955A4] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 654 Lines: 22 On 02.12.08 07:21:21, Eric Dumazet wrote: > If oprofile statically compiled in kernel, a cpu unplug triggers > a panic in ppro_stop(), because a NULL pointer is dereferenced. > > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Eric, I applied your patch and it will go upstream for 2.6.28. Thanks, -Robert -- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Operating System Research Center email: robert.richter@amd.com -- 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/