On our system (i.MX35 based, so ARMv6) is running a v3.10.47-rt50 kernel, I get the following output from serial console when the application tries to dereference a NULL pointer: > BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/rtmutex.c:659 > in_atomic(): 0, irqs_disabled(): 128, pid: 648, name: plccore-imx35-h > CPU: 0 PID: 648 Comm: plccore-imx35-h Tainted: G O 3.10.47-rt50 #1 > [<c001367c>] (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0x130) from [<c0011e50>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14) > [<c0011e50>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14) from [<c03b0738>] (rt_spin_lock+0x18/0x2c) > [<c03b0738>] (rt_spin_lock+0x18/0x2c) from [<c002fd44>] (do_force_sig_info+0x20/0xd8) > [<c002fd44>] (do_force_sig_info+0x20/0xd8) from [<c0017dac>] (__do_user_fault+0x98/0xd8) > [<c0017dac>] (__do_user_fault+0x98/0xd8) from [<c0018144>] (do_bad_area+0x6c/0x88) > [<c0018144>] (do_bad_area+0x6c/0x88) from [<c00181cc>] (do_translation_fault+0x6c/0xa8) > [<c00181cc>] (do_translation_fault+0x6c/0xa8) from [<c0008344>] (do_DataAbort+0x34/0x9c) > [<c0008344>] (do_DataAbort+0x34/0x9c) from [<c000e914>] (__dabt_usr+0x34/0x40) > Exception stack(0xc5c91fb0 to 0xc5c91ff8) > 1fa0: efcdefcd 00000001 00000001 00084690 > 1fc0: 00000010 00000000 00000000 00000003 014dd2c4 00000002 00000000 000000ff > 1fe0: 0c8a7b41 be8c9b58 000219a8 000219c8 60000010 ffffffff Reading the backtrace it seems that might_sleep() in rt_spin_lock_fastlock() raises this dump. The interrupts are apparently disabled. Following the code path it seems to me, that (at lease in this case) ARCH_RT_DELAYS_SIGNAL_SEND must be supported on ARM too which AFAICS is for sending signals while being in_atomic. Any comments on this? I wonder what makes this so special it didn't came up yet. Best regards, Alexander -- Dipl.-Inf. Alexander Stein SYS TEC electronic GmbH alexander.stein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Legal and Commercial Address: Am Windrad 2 08468 Heinsdorfergrund Germany Office: +49 (0) 3765 38600-0 Fax: +49 (0) 3765 38600-4100 Managing Directors: Director Technology/CEO: Dipl.-Phys. Siegmar Schmidt; Director Commercial Affairs/COO: Dipl. Ing. (FH) Armin von Collrepp Commercial Registry: Amtsgericht Chemnitz, HRB 28082; USt.-Id Nr. DE150534010 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
