From: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>
To: root@chaos.analogic.com
Cc: Denis Vlasenko <vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>,
Linux kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: OOPS while loading a Linux-2.6.8 module
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 16:22:28 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41745034.40501@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0410180748100.18155@chaos.analogic.com>
Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Oct 2004, Denis Vlasenko wrote:
>
>> On Friday 15 October 2004 17:34, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> If you were to execute `strip` on a Linux-2.6.8 module,
>>> you can OOPS the kernel. Gotta patch? I'll test immediately.
>>>
>>>
>>> HeavyLink: falsely claims to have parameter shmem
>>> Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
>>> 00000000
>>> printing eip:
>>> 00000000
>>> *pde = 07469001
>>> Oops: 0000 [#1]
>>> SMP
>>> Modules linked in: HeavyLink parport_pc lp parport autofs4 rfcomm
>>
>> ^^^^^^^^^
>> Is the source of this available anywhere?
>> --
>> vda
>>
>
> Any module does this. Here's one to experiment with since
> it contains practically nothing....
Yep. Steve Hemminger posted patches that fix that problem and
they *should* show up in 2.6.10-pre/-rc.
--
~Randy
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-18 23:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-15 14:34 OOPS while loading a Linux-2.6.8 module Richard B. Johnson
2004-10-16 10:44 ` Denis Vlasenko
2004-10-18 11:50 ` Richard B. Johnson
2004-10-18 23:22 ` Randy.Dunlap [this message]
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