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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@zip.com.au>
To: Gerald Walden <thepond@charter.net>
Cc: lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: debug of a kernel panic leading nowhere...
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:40:13 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B5F830D.CAC71A18@zip.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010726015721Z267509-720+6404@vger.kernel.org>

Gerald Walden wrote:
> ...
> During the rmmod of a fairly simple driver, I get a kernel
> panic which crashes the system.  I believe I have taken all
> the proper steps to attempt to debug the problem to no
> avail.
> 
> Any suggestions as to how to move further, or how to frame
> this question in a more appropriate manner for this list (or
> perhaps there is a more appropriate list that I should be
> sending this to) would greatly be appreciated.

You have the right list, although your email headers are
strange.

>From the backtrace it appears that perhaps a pending timer has not
been correctly removed prior to module removal, but that's really
just a guess - the backtrace isn't clear.

Is the problem repeatable?  What driver is being removed?


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  reply	other threads:[~2001-07-26  2:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-07-26  1:57 debug of a kernel panic leading nowhere Gerald Walden
2001-07-26  2:40 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2001-07-26 15:41 ` Keith Owens

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