Hi ! If we specify a swap device for swsusp using resume= kernel argument and that device doesn't exist in the swap list, we end up calling swsusp_free() before we have allocated pagedir_save. That causes us to explode when trying to free it. Pavel, does that look right ? Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Index: linux-work/kernel/power/swsusp.c =================================================================== --- linux-work.orig/kernel/power/swsusp.c 2005-05-31 16:29:22.000000000 +1000 +++ linux-work/kernel/power/swsusp.c 2005-05-31 16:57:30.000000000 +1000 @@ -730,10 +730,13 @@ void swsusp_free(void) { + if (pagedir_save == NULL) + return; BUG_ON(PageNosave(virt_to_page(pagedir_save))); BUG_ON(PageNosaveFree(virt_to_page(pagedir_save))); free_image_pages(); free_pagedir(pagedir_save); + pagedir_save = NULL; }