Re: pnpbios oops on boot w/ 2.5.47

[Adam Belay <ambx1@neo.rr.com>]

On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 08:35:54PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Adam Belay wrote:
> > 
> > The typo appears to be in pnpbios_set_resources.  Andrew: Is this where you
> > found it?
> 
> Well no.
> 
> > --- a/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/core.c        Wed Nov  6 17:51:53 2002
> > +++ b/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/core.c        Sat Nov 16 23:03:00 2002
> > @@ -1285,9 +1285,9 @@
> >                 return -EBUSY;
> >         if (flags == PNP_DYNAMIC && !pnp_is_dynamic(dev))
> >                 return -EPERM;
> > -       node = pnpbios_kmalloc(node_info.max_node_size, GFP_KERNEL);
> >         if (pnp_bios_dev_node_info(&node_info) != 0)
> >                 return -ENODEV;
> > +       node = pnpbios_kmalloc(node_info.max_node_size, GFP_KERNEL);
> 
> As far as I can see, max_node_size is never initialised anywhere.
>
> mnm:/usr/src/25> grep -rI max_node_size .
> ./drivers/pnp/pnpbios/core.c:   node = pnpbios_kmalloc(node_info.max_node_size, GFP_KERNEL);
> ./drivers/pnp/pnpbios/core.c:   node = pnpbios_kmalloc(node_info.max_node_size, GFP_KERNEL);
> ./drivers/pnp/pnpbios/core.c:   node = pnpbios_kmalloc(node_info.max_node_size, GFP_KERNEL);
> ./drivers/pnp/pnpbios/core.c:   node = pnpbios_kmalloc(node_info.max_node_size, GFP_KERNEL);
> ./drivers/pnp/pnpbios/proc.c:   node = pnpbios_kmalloc(node_info.max_node_size, GFP_KERNEL);
> ./drivers/pnp/pnpbios/proc.c:   node = pnpbios_kmalloc(node_info.max_node_size, GFP_KERNEL);
> ./drivers/pnp/pnpbios/proc.c:   node = pnpbios_kmalloc(node_info.max_node_size, GFP_KERNEL);
> ./drivers/pnp/pnpbios/proc.c:   node = pnpbios_kmalloc(node_info.max_node_size, GFP_KERNEL);
> ./fs/reiserfs/fix_node.c:    int total_node_size, max_node_size, current_item_size;
> ./fs/reiserfs/fix_node.c:    max_node_size = MAX_CHILD_SIZE (PATH_H_PBUFFER (tb->tb_path, h));
> ./fs/reiserfs/fix_node.c:       if (i == max_node_size)
> ./fs/reiserfs/fix_node.c:       return (i / max_node_size + 1);
> ./fs/reiserfs/fix_node.c:    cur_free = max_node_size;
> ./fs/reiserfs/fix_node.c:       if (total_node_size + current_item_size <= max_node_size) {
> ./fs/reiserfs/fix_node.c:       if (current_item_size > max_node_size) {
> ./fs/reiserfs/fix_node.c:                   current_item_size, max_node_size);
> ./fs/reiserfs/fix_node.c:           free_space = max_node_size - total_node_size - IH_SIZE;
> ./include/linux/pnpbios.h:      __u16   max_node_size;

It may not appear to be initialized but in reality it actually is.  pnp_bios_dev_node_info
recieves a pointer to the node_info structure containing max_node_size.  It then passes the
pointer to __pnp_bios_dev_node_info which then passes the pointer to call_pnp_bios.
call_pnp_bios is in assembler primarily and writes data directly to the pointer almost as if
it were a buffer.  As a result the structure contains a value for max_node_size.

I appreciate your input.  Let me know if you need any additional information.

Thanks,
Adam