From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "ramands" Subject: Re: Re: OOPS in Kmalloc Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 14:15:06 +0530 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <200304240813.NAA23499@WS0005.indiatimes.com> Reply-To: "ramands" Return-path: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "Randy.Dunlap" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org hello randy as i am new to kernel level programing i do not know how to decode a oops . could you tell me how to do it i will mail the exact oops messages in next mail right now i am debugging by using printk only raman "Randy.Dunlap" wrote: > Hello, > i am getting OOPS in Kmalloc . > > void **data; > qset = 1000; > > dptr->data = kmalloc(qset * sizeof(char *), GFP_KERNEL); > > what could the possible the cause of the error ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As I am so fond of saying, it's almost always correct to indicate what kernel version one if referring to in a problem report. Please decode the oops output and post it here. ~Randy Get Your Private, Free E-mail from Indiatimes at http://email.indiatimes.com Buy The Best In BOOKS at http://www.bestsellers.indiatimes.com Bid for for Air Tickets @ Re.1 on Air Sahara Flights. Just log on to http://airsahara.indiatimes.com and Bid Now !