On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:54:26 -0700 Bryce Harrington <bryce@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 02:51:21PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:25:48 -0700 > > Bryce Harrington <bryce@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Apologies if this has already been reported; > > > > It has not. > > > > > I didn't spot it on the > > > list. We've noticed an Oops on AMD64 when running linux-2.6.18-git8 and > > > -git9, but not -git7: > > > > > > mptbase: Initiating ioc0 recovery > > > Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000500 RIP: > > > [<ffffffff80489aa2>] mptspi_dv_renegotiate_work+0xc/0x45 > > > PGD 0 > > > Oops: 0000 [1] PREEMPT SMP > > > > > That's very clever. > > > > I'd be suspecting a miscompile, or something horrid in kfree(). > > > > Does it change anything if you move that kfree() down a bit? > > > > Got essentially the same oops, although the addresses have changed a > little: > > mptbase: Initiating ioc0 recovery > Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000500 RIP: > [<ffffffff80489aa3>] mptspi_dv_renegotiate_work+0xd/0x4c > PGD 0 > Oops: 0000 [1] PREEMPT SMP > CPU 0 > Modules linked in: > Pid: 8, comm: events/0 Not tainted 2.6.18-git10 #1 > RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff80489aa3>] [<ffffffff80489aa3>] mptspi_dv_renegotiate_work+0xd/0x4c > RSP: 0000:ffff81003ec65e40 EFLAGS: 00010246 > RAX: ffff81003ec65ef8 RBX: ffff81003eff6640 RCX: ffff81003ec65ef8 > RDX: ffff81003ed0cf58 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff81003eff6640 > RBP: 0000000000000500 R08: ffff81003ec64000 R09: 00000000ffffffff > R10: 00000000ffffffff R11: ffff81003ed0cf40 R12: ffff81003eff6640 > R13: 0000000000000213 R14: ffff81003eff6640 R15: ffffffff80489a96 > FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffffffff8077a000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 > CS: 0010 DS: 0018 ES: 0018 CR0: 000000008005003b > CR2: 0000000000000500 CR3: 0000000000201000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 > Process events/0 (pid: 8, threadinfo ffff81003ec64000, task ffff81007f180740) > Stack: ffff81003eff6640 ffff81003eff6648 ffff81003ed0cf40 ffffffff8023f1bd > ffff81003ed0cf40 ffff81003ed0cf40 ffffffff8023f204 ffff8100016dfd70 > 00000000fffffffc ffffffff8059457d 0000000000000000 ffffffff8023f30 > Call Trace: > [<ffffffff8023f1bd>] run_workqueue+0x9a/0xe1 > [<ffffffff8023f204>] worker_thread+0x0/0x12e > [<ffffffff8023f300>] worker_thread+0xfc/0x12e > [<ffffffff80229f62>] default_wake_function+0x0/0xe > [<ffffffff80229f62>] default_wake_function+0x0/0xe > [<ffffffff80242433>] kthread+0xc8/0xf1 > [<ffffffff8020a3f8>] child_rip+0xa/0x12 > [<ffffffff8024236b>] kthread+0x0/0xf1 > [<ffffffff8020a3ee>] child_rip+0x0/0x12 > > > Code: 48 8b 45 00 48 8b b8 50 01 00 00 e8 5d 4d fe ff 48 85 c0 48 > RIP [<ffffffff80489aa3>] mptspi_dv_renegotiate_work+0xd/0x4c > RSP <ffff81003ec65e40> > CR2: 0000000000000500 > <6>mptbase: Initiating ioc0 recovery > mptbase: Initiating ioc0 recovery > mptbase: Initiating ioc0 recovery > mptbase: Initiating ioc0 recovery > mptbase: Initiating ioc0 recovery > scsi0 : ioc0: LSI53C1030, FwRev=01030600h, Ports=1, MaxQ=255, IRQ=185 > target0:0:0: dma_alloc_coherent for parameters failed > mptscsih: ioc0: attempting task abort! (sc=ffff81003e840c80) > scsi 0:0:0:0: > command: cdb[0]=0x12: 12 00 00 00 24 00 > mptbase: Initiating ioc0 recovery > Ah. Maybe we're simply being passed a junk pointer. This, please: --- a/drivers/message/fusion/mptspi.c~a +++ a/drivers/message/fusion/mptspi.c @@ -804,6 +804,9 @@ mptspi_dv_renegotiate(struct _MPT_SCSI_H if (!wqw) return; + printk("%p\n", hd); + if ((unsigned long)hd < 4000UL) + dump_stack(); INIT_WORK(&wqw->work, mptspi_dv_renegotiate_work, wqw); wqw->hd = hd; _ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html