From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262030AbUBHDuc (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Feb 2004 22:50:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262048AbUBHDuc (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Feb 2004 22:50:32 -0500 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:35268 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262030AbUBHDu3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Feb 2004 22:50:29 -0500 Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 03:50:28 +0000 From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk To: walt Cc: Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: [2.6.1] Kernel panic with ppa driver updates Message-ID: <20040208035028.GD21151@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <4025AE98.3090601@myrealbox.com> <20040208034855.GC21151@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040208034855.GC21151@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 03:48:55AM +0000, viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote: > On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 07:35:52PM -0800, walt wrote: > > Only one of the print statements was executed, apparently: > > > > ppa: Version 2.07 (for Linux 2.4.x) > > dev = dfd67940, dev->cur_cmd = 7232b2df > > Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 7232b403 > > printing eip: > > c027bc25 > > > > The remainder of the message was identical to the previous post -- no > > extra printed messages anywhere. > > Aaaaaargh.... dev = memset(dev, 0, sizeof(dev)); - spot the bug here... s/dev = // - it's not _that_ bad ;-)