On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 23:38, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Florian Zimmermann <florian.zimmermann@gmx.net> wrote:
> > and here comes the Oops when i want to start 'pppd':
> > 
> > PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
> > devfs_mk_cdev: could not append to parent for ppp
> > failed to register PPP device (-17)
> 
> _devfs_append_entry("ppp") returns -EEXIST.
> 
> > Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address d1964580
> > EIP is at cdev_get+0x29/0xc0
> 
> Then it looks like someone didn't handle the error right.
> 
> Please:
> 
> a) send your full .config
> 
> b) describe the exact sequence of steps which is required to make this
>    happen, starting from a machine reboot.
> 
> Does a simple "modprobe ppp" fail?

.config file attached. this is linux-2.6.0-test4:

after boot devfs got registered, no ppp module is loaded yet.
then i can do this:

# modprobe ppp_generic
FATAL: Error inserting ppp_generic
(/lib/modules/2.6.0-test4/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_generic.ko): Device or
resource busy

kernel > PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
kernel > devfs_mk_cdev: could not append to parent for ppp
kernel > failed to register PPP device (-17)

# modprobe ppp_async
WARNING: Error inserting ppp_generic
(/lib/modules/2.6.0-test4/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_generic.ko): Device or
resource busy
FATAL: Error inserting ppp_async
(/lib/modules/2.6.0-test4/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_async.ko): Unknown
symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

kernel > PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
kernel > failed to register PPP device (-16)
kernel > ppp_async: Unknown symbol ppp_channel_index
kernel > ppp_async: Unknown symbol ppp_register_channel
kernel > ppp_async: Unknown symbol ppp_input
kernel > ppp_async: Unknown symbol ppp_input_error
kernel > ppp_async: Unknown symbol ppp_output_wakeup
kernel > ppp_async: Unknown symbol ppp_unregister_channel
kernel > ppp_async: Unknown symbol ppp_unit_number

# pppd
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address d19fa300
 printing eip:
c01853b8
*pde = 0f956067
*pte = 00000000
Oops: 0000 [#1]
CPU:    0
EIP:    0060:[<c01853b8>]    Not tainted
EFLAGS: 00010202
EIP is at cdev_get+0x28/0xb0
eax: c5b20000   ebx: d19fa300   ecx: 0000006c   edx: c01852a0
esi: 00000001   edi: cce31c4c   ebp: c5b21e78   esp: c5b21e68
ds: 007b   es: 007b   ss: 0068
Process pppd (pid: 3155, threadinfo=c5b20000 task=c6150000)
Stack: c0197033 ccb78864 00006c00 00000000 c5b21e84 c01852b1 cce31c4c
c5b21ebc
       c02d6038 00006c00 cce31c4c 00000282 c5b20000 c5b20000 cce31c4c
c0185290
       000000ff 6c006040 c5b20000 00000000 ffffffed c5b21ef8 c0184cd6
cffcb004
Call Trace:
 [<c0197033>] dput+0x23/0x680
 [<c01852b1>] exact_lock+0x11/0x20
 [<c02d6038>] kobj_lookup+0x128/0x220
 [<c0185290>] exact_match+0x0/0x10
 [<c0184cd6>] chrdev_open+0x446/0x610
 [<c01573bc>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x14c/0x1c0
 [<c01f9e1f>] devfs_open+0x24f/0x270
 [<c0174f11>] dentry_open+0x151/0x220
 [<c0174db6>] filp_open+0x66/0x70
 [<c01755d3>] sys_open+0x53/0x90
 [<c010a3ab>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb

Code: 83 3b 02 74 7a ff 83 00 01 00 00 b8 00 e0 ff ff 21 e0 ff 48
 <6>note: pppd[3155] exited with preempt_count 1
bad: scheduling while atomic!
Call Trace:
 [<c0120304>] schedule+0x6e4/0x6f0
 [<c015f8d1>] unmap_page_range+0x41/0x70
 [<c015fb1e>] unmap_vmas+0x21e/0x350
 [<c016562b>] exit_mmap+0xcb/0x2c0
 [<c0123896>] mmput+0xb6/0x140
 [<c0129dc2>] do_exit+0x282/0x900
 [<c010b57c>] die+0x21c/0x220
 [<c011dbcc>] do_page_fault+0x15c/0x4ca
 [<c01519a9>] buffered_rmqueue+0xc9/0x280
 [<c011ef88>] kernel_map_pages+0x28/0x60
 [<c0151e5f>] __alloc_pages+0x2ff/0x360
 [<c011da70>] do_page_fault+0x0/0x4ca
 [<c010add5>] error_code+0x2d/0x38
 [<c01852a0>] exact_lock+0x0/0x20
 [<c01853b8>] cdev_get+0x28/0xb0
 [<c0197033>] dput+0x23/0x680
 [<c01852b1>] exact_lock+0x11/0x20
 [<c02d6038>] kobj_lookup+0x128/0x220
 [<c0185290>] exact_match+0x0/0x10
 [<c0184cd6>] chrdev_open+0x446/0x610
 [<c01573bc>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x14c/0x1c0
 [<c01f9e1f>] devfs_open+0x24f/0x270
 [<c0174f11>] dentry_open+0x151/0x220
 [<c0174db6>] filp_open+0x66/0x70
 [<c01755d3>] sys_open+0x53/0x90
 [<c010a3ab>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb

Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address d19fa300
 printing eip:
c01853b8
*pde = 0f956067
*pte = 00000000
Oops: 0000 [#2]
CPU:    0
EIP:    0060:[<c01853b8>]    Not tainted
EFLAGS: 00010202
EIP is at cdev_get+0x28/0xb0
eax: c6186000   ebx: d19fa300   ecx: 0000006c   edx: c01852a0
esi: 00000001   edi: cce31c4c   ebp: c6187e78   esp: c6187e68
ds: 007b   es: 007b   ss: 0068
Process pppd (pid: 3158, threadinfo=c6186000 task=c615e000)
Stack: c0197033 ccb78864 00006c00 00000000 c6187e84 c01852b1 cce31c4c
c6187ebc
       c02d6038 00006c00 cce31c4c 00000282 c6186000 c6186000 cce31c4c
c0185290 
       000000ff 6c006040 c6186000 00000000 ffffffed c6187ef8 c0184cd6
cffcb004
Call Trace:
 [<c0197033>] dput+0x23/0x680
 [<c01852b1>] exact_lock+0x11/0x20
 [<c02d6038>] kobj_lookup+0x128/0x220
 [<c0185290>] exact_match+0x0/0x10
 [<c0184cd6>] chrdev_open+0x446/0x610
 [<c01573bc>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x14c/0x1c0
 [<c01f9e1f>] devfs_open+0x24f/0x270
 [<c0174f11>] dentry_open+0x151/0x220
 [<c0174db6>] filp_open+0x66/0x70
 [<c01755d3>] sys_open+0x53/0x90
 [<c010a3ab>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb

Code: 83 3b 02 74 7a ff 83 00 01 00 00 b8 00 e0 ff ff 21 e0 ff 48
 <6>note: pppd[3158] exited with preempt_count 1
bad: scheduling while atomic!
Call Trace:
 [<c0120304>] schedule+0x6e4/0x6f0
 [<c015f8d1>] unmap_page_range+0x41/0x70
 [<c015fb1e>] unmap_vmas+0x21e/0x350
 [<c016562b>] exit_mmap+0xcb/0x2c0
 [<c0123896>] mmput+0xb6/0x140
 [<c0129dc2>] do_exit+0x282/0x900
 [<c010b57c>] die+0x21c/0x220
 [<c011dbcc>] do_page_fault+0x15c/0x4ca
 [<c01519a9>] buffered_rmqueue+0xc9/0x280
 [<c01ba7ae>] proc_alloc_inode+0x1e/0x80
 [<c011ef88>] kernel_map_pages+0x28/0x60
 [<c0151e5f>] __alloc_pages+0x2ff/0x360
 [<c011da70>] do_page_fault+0x0/0x4ca
 [<c010add5>] error_code+0x2d/0x38
 [<c01852a0>] exact_lock+0x0/0x20
 [<c01853b8>] cdev_get+0x28/0xb0
 [<c0197033>] dput+0x23/0x680
 [<c01852b1>] exact_lock+0x11/0x20
 [<c02d6038>] kobj_lookup+0x128/0x220
 [<c0185290>] exact_match+0x0/0x10
 [<c0184cd6>] chrdev_open+0x446/0x610
 [<c01573bc>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x14c/0x1c0
 [<c01f9e1f>] devfs_open+0x24f/0x270
 [<c0174f11>] dentry_open+0x151/0x220
 [<c0174db6>] filp_open+0x66/0x70
 [<c01755d3>] sys_open+0x53/0x90
 [<c010a3ab>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb



-- 
Florian Zimmermann <florian.zimmermann@gmx.net>