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From: Stefan Rompf <srompf@isg.de>
To: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: 2.5.50 BUG_TRAP on !dev->deadbeaf, and oopses
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2002 13:45:06 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3DEA0452.B1F15BFD@isg.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3DE9290A.7070502@pacbell.net

Hi,

David Brownell wrote:

>    KERNEL: assertion (!dev->deadbeaf) failed at net/core/dev.c(2544)
> 
> I think there's another bug, beyond the obvious speling erorz.  Namely,
> that "deadbeaf" is only set after that BUG_TRAP, or on one error path.
> The assertion prevents hotpluggable network drivers from unregistering
> when the hardware goes away ... which is a regression.

actually, the assertion is triggered when someone tries to unregister a
netdevice twice, and that's also why you get

>    unregister_netdevice: device /dfd74058 never was registered

>From a short browsing through usb.c I don't see a similiar bug catcher
in usb_device_remove(), so have a look if the USB subsystem itself
removes a unplugged device
twice for some reason.

Stefan

  reply	other threads:[~2002-12-01 12:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-11-30 21:09 2.5.50 BUG_TRAP on !dev->deadbeaf, and oopses David Brownell
2002-12-01 12:45 ` Stefan Rompf [this message]
2002-12-02 18:44   ` David Brownell
2002-12-08 22:42     ` David Brownell
2002-12-09 19:51       ` David Brownell

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