From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 25 Jul 2001 22:34:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 25 Jul 2001 22:34:01 -0400 Received: from vasquez.zip.com.au ([203.12.97.41]:32787 "EHLO vasquez.zip.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 25 Jul 2001 22:33:43 -0400 Message-ID: <3B5F830D.CAC71A18@zip.com.au> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:40:13 +1000 From: Andrew Morton X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.7-pre6 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gerald Walden CC: lkml Subject: Re: debug of a kernel panic leading nowhere... In-Reply-To: <20010726015721Z267509-720+6404@vger.kernel.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-kernel-outgoing 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? -