Re: 2.6.21-rc4-mm1

[Larry Finger <larry.finger@lwfinger.net>]

Matt Mackall wrote:
> With the latest -mm, I'm now getting this:
> 
> Mar 21 15:06:52 cinder kernel: ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless
> 2200BG Network Connection
> Mar 21 15:06:52 cinder kernel: firmware_loading_store: unexpected
> value (0)
> Mar 21 15:06:52 cinder kernel: ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw
> request_firmware failed:
> Reason -2
> Mar 21 15:06:52 cinder kernel: ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2
> Mar 21 15:06:52 cinder kernel: ipw2200: failed to register network
> device

The problem for me is a general protection fault.

kernel: general protection fault: 0000 [1] SMP
kernel: last sysfs file: class/firmware/0000:01:00.0/loading
kernel: CPU 0
kernel: Modules linked in: af_packet snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_seq snd_seq_device
cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_powersave powernow_k8 freq_table
button battery ac nls_utf8 ntfs loop nfsd exportfs nfs lockd nfs_acl sunrpc sr_mod usb_storage
libusual snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec sdhci snd_pcm snd_timer ohci1394 mmc_core snd ieee1394
forcedeth soundcore snd_page_alloc ohci_hcd ide_cd ehci_hcd cdrom usbcore i2c_nforce2 bcm43xx
firmware_class ieee80211softmac ieee80211 ieee80211_crypt ext3 mbcache jbd sg edd fan sata_nv libata
amd74xx thermal processor sd_mod scsi_mod ide_disk ide_core
kernel: Pid: 4026, comm: cat Not tainted 2.6.21-rc4-mm1-mm1 #6
kernel: RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff80251f99>]  [<ffffffff80251f99>] module_put+0x1f/0x35
kernel: RSP: 0018:ffff810006f85ea8  EFLAGS: 00010256
kernel: RAX: 6b6b6b6b6b6b6dab RBX: ffff810005dbe1f0 RCX: ffffffff803f6160
kernel: RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff802ec3dc RDI: 6b6b6b6b6b6b6b6b
kernel: RBP: ffff810006f85ea8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff810005918888
kernel: R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffffff8811b020 R12: ffff81000850d000
kernel: R13: ffff810004ec25a8 R14: ffff810006f38c18 R15: ffff8100034017c0
kernel: FS:  00002b621c2f86f0(0000) GS:ffffffff8051e000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
kernel: CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
kernel: CR2: 00002b621c01d3c0 CR3: 0000000008154000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
kernel: Process cat (pid: 4026, threadinfo ffff810006f84000, task ffff810005dd3140)
kernel: Stack:  ffff810006f85ec8 ffffffff802cf4ba 0000000000000008 ffff810006f38c18
kernel:  ffff810006f85f08 ffffffff80290a44 ffff81000853bde0 ffff810004ec25a8
kernel:  ffff8100035d1cb0 0000000000000000 ffff810004ec25a8 00007fff8ed0f6d0
kernel: Call Trace:
kernel:  [<ffffffff802cf4ba>] release+0x3a/0x49
kernel:  [<ffffffff80290a44>] __fput+0xca/0x180
kernel:  [<ffffffff80290b0e>] fput+0x14/0x16
kernel:  [<ffffffff8028e1aa>] filp_close+0x66/0x71
kernel:  [<ffffffff8028f3c2>] sys_close+0x98/0xdd
kernel:  [<ffffffff80209f6e>] system_call+0x7e/0x83
kernel:
kernel:
kernel: Code: 48 ff 08 83 3f 02 75 0c 48 8b bf 50 22 00 00 e8 08 9d fd ff
kernel: RIP  [<ffffffff80251f99>] module_put+0x1f/0x35
kernel:  RSP <ffff810006f85ea8>

Larry