On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 07:46:37AM -0500, Florin Iucha wrote: > [ 60.656136] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000000 RIP: > [ 60.656143] [] blk_rq_map_sg+0x10d/0x17c > [ 60.656151] PGD 4640067 PUD 46d4067 PMD 0 > [ 60.656154] Oops: 0000 [1] SMP > [ 60.656157] CPU 1 > ... There was a DVD in the drive. After the OOPS, I cannot eject it via the button, and the "eject" command is stuck in "D" state: [ 436.308282] eject D ffffffff80571760 0 5336 5324 [ 436.308285] ffff810007c35d08 0000000000000082 0000000000000000 ffff810007c35ca8 [ 436.308288] ffff810006fb15f0 ffff810003062000 ffff810006fb17f8 0000000122222222 [ 436.308292] 0000000000000003 ffff8100057e1070 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 [ 436.308295] Call Trace: [ 436.308301] [] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x133/0x23c [ 436.308306] [] mutex_lock+0x19/0x1d [ 436.308309] [] do_open+0x74/0x2d1 [ 436.308313] [] blkdev_open+0x0/0x69 [ 436.308315] [] blkdev_open+0x37/0x69 [ 436.308319] [] __dentry_open+0xe6/0x1bd [ 436.308323] [] nameidata_to_filp+0x2d/0x3f [ 436.308326] [] do_filp_open+0x39/0x4b [ 436.308330] [] _spin_unlock+0x9/0xb [ 436.308333] [] get_unused_fd_flags+0x113/0x121 [ 436.308337] [] do_sys_open+0x51/0xd9 [ 436.308341] [] sys_open+0x1b/0x1d [ 436.308343] [] system_call+0x7e/0x83 florin -- Bruce Schneier expects the Spanish Inquisition. http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/fact/163