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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Linux/m68k <linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: NULL pointer dereference in 3.3-rc6
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:52:43 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2zkbejckk.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1203181231530.5031@ayla.of.borg> (Geert Uytterhoeven's message of "Sun, 18 Mar 2012 12:35:06 +0100 (CET)")

Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> writes:

> I'm a bit puzzled, as the crash location is not a memory dereference but
> the "set_fs(MAKE_MM_SEG(wbs));" in do_040writeback1().

I guess the integer unit can move ahead while the memory unit processes
the write.  Take a look at the places that jump to 0x5da8.

Andreas.

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  reply	other threads:[~2012-03-18 12:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-18 11:35 NULL pointer dereference in 3.3-rc6 Geert Uytterhoeven
2012-03-18 12:52 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2012-03-18 20:03   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2012-03-19  3:52     ` Greg Ungerer
2012-03-19 11:51       ` Geert Uytterhoeven

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