From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261180AbTEQDTj (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 May 2003 23:19:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261181AbTEQDTj (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 May 2003 23:19:39 -0400 Received: from marcie.netcarrier.net ([216.178.72.21]:46865 "HELO marcie.netcarrier.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261180AbTEQDTi (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 May 2003 23:19:38 -0400 Message-ID: <3EC5AD4A.B6C18A1C@compuserve.com> Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 23:32:26 -0400 From: Kevin Brosius X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.8 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.5.69 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dave Olien , akpm@digeo.com CC: kernel Subject: DAC960 breakage, 2.5 bk current 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 The change that went into 2.5.69 for DAC960 seems to break it here. (http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=105209603501299&w=2) I backed out the last two changesets in DAC960.c, and the driver runs again. Backing out only: ChangeSet 1.1132 2003/05/15 09:01:05 akpm@digeo.com [PATCH] DAC960 typedef cleanup patch Did not resolve the panic, however backing out: ChangeSet 1.1042.94.9 2003/04/30 07:31:56 akpm@digeo.com [PATCH] DAC960 patch to entry points with a new fix Seems to resolve the problem. The problem was, (copied by hand, please let me know if I've omitted a critical field.): kernel NULL pointer deref - virt 00000019 Oops: 0000 [#1] CPU: 0 EIP: 0060:[] Not tainted EFLAGS: 00010286 EIP is at DAC960_ioctl+0x33/0x190 Process swapper (pid: 1, ...) Call Trace: ] blkdev_ioctl+0xa5/0x466 ] ioctl_by_dev+0x41/0x50 ] isofs_get_last_session+0xb4/0xe0 ] set_blocksize+ ] sb_set_blocksize+ ] isofs_fill_super+ ] sb_set_blocksize+ ] get_sb_bdev+ ] isofs_get_sb+ ] isofs_fill_super+ ] do_kern_mount+ ] do_add_mount+ ] do_mount+ ] copy_mount_options+ ] sys_mount+ ] do_mount_root+ ] mount_block_root+ ] mount_root+ ] prepare_namespace+ ] init_workqueues+ ] init+0x5f/0x200 ] init+0x0/0x200 ] kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0x10 Code: f6 43 19 08 0f 85 33 01 00 00 81 ff 01 03 00 00 74 12 ba ea <0>kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! This is on a SuSE 8.1, dual Athlon MP system, gcc 3.2, binutils 2.12.90.0.15-40. Please let me know if additional detail is helpful. -- Kevin