Re: [Bug #12908] acpi_ex_extract_from_field -- div by zero

Jiri Slaby
2009-04-07T11:03:10Z

On 04/07/2009 06:09 AM, Len Brown wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Apr 2009, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>
>> This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report
>> of recent regressions.
>>
>> The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions
>> from 2.6.28. Please verify if it still should be listed and let me know
>> (either way).
>>
>>
>> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12908
>> Subject : acpi_ex_extract_from_field -- div by zero
>> Submitter : Jiri Slaby <jirislaby-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
>> Date : 2009-03-15 10:47 (23 days old)
>> References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123711408225013&w=4
>> Handled-By : Lin Ming <ming.m.lin-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
>
> This is unreproducible and now marked closed.

s/un/hardly /. As I wrote earlier this usually happens after few days
being off which makes it peculiar.

> The theory is that somebody (else:-) scribbled on random kernel memory...

Might be, this will probably be hard to catch :/.

Or even a HW malfunction...