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Subject: Re: Kernel Panic in mac80211
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
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> >> Code: f6 44 02 08 10 74 12 45 85 ed 78 05 44 39 e9 7f 08 89 8f 24
> >> RIP  [<ffffffff88202940>] :mac80211:rate_control_pid_tx_status+0x426/0=
x45a
> >=20
> > Damn, I've seen that too but blamed it on my own patching. Stefano, any
> > idea? IIRC some sta struct was NULL in pid_tx_status.
>=20
> The problem is not a NULL in one of the structs, but a runaway loop.

Ah, you're right, I remember now that the access was to some random
rather high address which matches what you observed.

johannes

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