From: Oliver Hartkopp <oliver@hartkopp.net>
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Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
kaber@trash.net, Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@grandegger.com>,
dbaryshkov@gmail.com, bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org,
bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org, "Thuermann, Urs,
Dr. (K-EFFI/I)" <urs.thuermann@volkswagen.de>,
Lothar Wassmann <LW@KARO-electronics.de>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 13954] New: Oops in rtnetlink code when creating can device
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:23:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A8502ED.2020207@hartkopp.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A812354.8090704@volkswagen.de>
Oliver Hartkopp wrote:
> Andrew Morton wrote:
>> (switched to email. Please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via the
>> bugzilla web interface).
>>
>> On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:34:28 GMT bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13954
>>>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>> Summary: Oops in rtnetlink code when creating can device
>>> Product: Networking
>>> Version: 2.5
>>> Kernel Version: 2.6.30-rc5
>>> Platform: All
>>> OS/Version: Linux
>>> Tree: Mainline
>>> Status: NEW
>>> Severity: normal
>>> Priority: P1
>>> Component: Other
>>> AssignedTo: acme@ghostprotocols.net
>>> ReportedBy: dbaryshkov@gmail.com
>>> Regression: No
>>>
>>>
>>> I've got a nice oops when looking around new CAN code in kernel.
>>>
>>> root@qemux86:~# ip link add type can
>>> [ 713.113325] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference
>>> at (null)
>>> [ 713.114216] IP: [<c13eecab>] register_netdevice+0xab/0x420
>>> [ 713.114920] *pdpt = 00000000061bd001 *pde = 0000000000000000 [
>>> 713.115627] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP [ 713.115972] last sysfs file:
>>> /sys/devices/virtual/backlight/fujitsu-laptop/brightness
>>> [ 713.116137] Modules linked in:
>>> [ 713.116137] [ 713.116137] Pid: 1803, comm: ip Not tainted
>>> (2.6.31-rc5 #68) [ 713.116137] EIP: 0060:[<c13eecab>] EFLAGS:
>>> 00000246 CPU: 0
>>> [ 713.116137] EIP is at register_netdevice+0xab/0x420
>>> [ 713.116137] EAX: 00000000 EBX: 00000000 ECX: 00000001 EDX: 00000001
>>> [ 713.116137] ESI: c72c6000 EDI: 00000000 EBP: c61abb54 ESP: c61abb34
>>> [ 713.116137] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068
>>> [ 713.116137] Process ip (pid: 1803, ti=c61aa000 task=c6f395e0
>>> task.ti=c61aa000)
>>> [ 713.116137] Stack:
>>> [ 713.116137] c61abb54 c13f732f 00000001 c61abbb4 894f908a 00000000
>>> c72c6000
>>> 00000000
>>> [ 713.116137] <0> c61abc74 c13f8278 c61abbb4 00000010 c165d494 c1652090
>>> c61abc18 c6f3d028
>>> [ 713.116137] <0> 894f908a 894f908a c61abc18 c13f7da0 c61abc74 c13f7f46
>>> 00000008 c1546f80
>>> [ 713.116137] Call Trace:
>>> [ 713.116137] [<c13f732f>] ? rtnl_create_link+0x4f/0x130
>>> [ 713.116137] [<c13f8278>] ? rtnl_newlink+0x4d8/0x4e0
>>> [ 713.116137] [<c13f7da0>] ? rtnl_newlink+0x0/0x4e0
>>> [ 713.116137] [<c13f7f46>] ? rtnl_newlink+0x1a6/0x4e0
>>> [ 713.116137] [<c13f7da0>] ? rtnl_newlink+0x0/0x4e0
>>> [ 713.116137] [<c13f7d00>] ? rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x180/0x220
>>> [ 713.116137] [<c13f7b80>] ? rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x0/0x220
>>> [ 713.116137] [<c1400e56>] ? netlink_rcv_skb+0x86/0xb0
>>> [ 713.116137] [<c13f7b5a>] ? rtnetlink_rcv+0x2a/0x50
>>>
>
Just to close this issue:
The patch has just been committed by Dave to net-2.6 for 2.6.31 upstream ...
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=993e6f2fd487e2acddd711f79cf48f3420731382
Thanks to all of you.
Oliver
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-08-14 6:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <bug-13954-10286@http.bugzilla.kernel.org/>
2009-08-11 4:54 ` [Bugme-new] [Bug 13954] New: Oops in rtnetlink code when creating can device Andrew Morton
2009-08-11 7:52 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2009-08-11 8:22 ` Patrick McHardy
2009-08-11 9:26 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2009-08-11 9:33 ` Patrick McHardy
2009-08-11 9:36 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2009-08-14 6:23 ` Oliver Hartkopp [this message]
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