Hi, I repost again the original message I have posted to the kernel mailing list as I think it wasn't forwarded entirely to you. If you still need more information, feel free to tell me. Thanks in advance Bye, David Arendt Hi, With kernel 2.6.31.2 I get the following error when I ending apcupsd: Oct 6 21:00:46 server apcupsd[5238]: apcupsd exiting, signal 15 Oct 6 21:00:46 server BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffff880130a6d858 Oct 6 21:00:46 server IP: [<ffffffff8124ba55>] tty_port_close_start+0xc5/0x1d0 Oct 6 21:00:46 server PGD 1002063 PUD 14067 PMD 0 Oct 6 21:00:46 server Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP Oct 6 21:00:46 server last sysfs file: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0/block/sdb/size Oct 6 21:00:46 server CPU 2 Oct 6 21:00:46 server Modules linked in: capifs nvidia(P) [last unloaded: kernelcapi] Oct 6 21:00:46 server Pid: 5238, comm: apcupsd Tainted: P 2.6.31.2server #1 P5QL-E Oct 6 21:00:46 server RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8124ba55>] [<ffffffff8124ba55>] tty_port_close_start+0xc5/0x1d0 Oct 6 21:00:46 server RSP: 0018:ffff88012e3abdb8 EFLAGS: 00010046 Oct 6 21:00:46 server RAX: ffff880130a6d858 RBX: ffff88012f90e900 RCX: 0000000000000000 Oct 6 21:00:46 server RDX: 0000000000001717 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff88012f90e900 Oct 6 21:00:46 server RBP: ffff88012fa6d808 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 Oct 6 21:00:46 server R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: ffff88012e366000 Oct 6 21:00:46 server R13: ffff88012fa6d818 R14: 0000000000000296 R15: 0000000000000000 Oct 6 21:00:46 server FS: 00007ffecc5ec6f0(0000) GS:ffff880028054000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 Oct 6 21:00:46 server CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b Oct 6 21:00:46 server CR2: ffff880130a6d858 CR3: 000000012e397000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 Oct 6 21:00:46 server DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 Oct 6 21:00:46 server DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Oct 6 21:00:46 server Process apcupsd (pid: 5238, threadinfo ffff88012e3aa000, task ffff88012fa0d910) Oct 6 21:00:46 server Stack: Oct 6 21:00:46 server ffff88012e366000 ffff88012f90e900 ffff88012fa6d808 ffff88012fa6d800 Oct 6 21:00:46 server <0> 0000000000000000 ffffffff81305932 0000000000000292 ffff88012e366000 Oct 6 21:00:46 server <0> ffff88012f90e900 0000000000000000 ffff88012f90e900 ffffffff81244d98 Oct 6 21:00:46 server Call Trace: Oct 6 21:00:46 server [<ffffffff81305932>] ? serial_close+0x72/0xe0 Oct 6 21:00:46 server [<ffffffff81244d98>] ? tty_release_dev+0x198/0x590 Oct 6 21:00:46 server [<ffffffff810afc3f>] ? vfs_ioctl+0x2f/0xb0 Oct 6 21:00:46 server [<ffffffff812451a1>] ? tty_release+0x11/0x20 Oct 6 21:00:46 server [<ffffffff810a27ad>] ? __fput+0xcd/0x1e0 Oct 6 21:00:46 server [<ffffffff8109ef2b>] ? filp_close+0x5b/0x90 Oct 6 21:00:46 server [<ffffffff8109f011>] ? sys_close+0xb1/0x120 Oct 6 21:00:46 server [<ffffffff8100b3ab>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b Oct 6 21:00:46 server Code: 18 4c 8b 74 24 20 48 83 c4 28 c3 0f 1f 00 8b 75 18 83 fe 01 0f 85 f3 00 00 00 ff 4d 18 8b 75 18 85 f6 75 a9 48 8d 85 50 00 00 01 <f0> 80 8d 50 00 00 01 01 41 80 8c 24 fc 01 00 00 20 4c 89 f6 4c Oct 6 21:00:46 server RIP [<ffffffff8124ba55>] tty_port_close_start+0xc5/0x1d0 Oct 6 21:00:46 server RSP <ffff88012e3abdb8> Oct 6 21:00:46 server CR2: ffff880130a6d858 Oct 6 21:00:46 server ---[ end trace ed2ac2b5c302fe3c ]--- Oct 6 21:00:46 server note: apcupsd[5238] exited with preempt_count 2 With 2.6.31.1 everything worked flawlessly. I use an usb to serial converter, here the output from lspci -v for the converter: Bus 006 Device 002: ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial Port Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 1.10 bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x067b Prolific Technology, Inc. idProduct 0x2303 PL2303 Serial Port bcdDevice 4.00 iManufacturer 1 Prolific Technology Inc. iProduct 2 USB-Serial Controller D iSerial 0 bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 39 bNumInterfaces 1 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0xa0 (Bus Powered) Remote Wakeup MaxPower 100mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 3 bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class bInterfaceSubClass 0 bInterfaceProtocol 0 iInterface 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN bmAttributes 3 Transfer Type Interrupt Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x000a 1x 10 bytes bInterval 1 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x83 EP 3 IN bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes bInterval 0 Device Status: 0x0000 (Bus Powered) Thanks in advance Bye, David Arendt Alan Stern wrote: > On Wed, 7 Oct 2009, Oliver Neukum wrote: > > >> Am Mittwoch, 7. Oktober 2009 12:37:45 schrieb admin@xxxxxxxxx: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> With kernel 2.6.31.2 I get the following error when I ending apcupsd: >>> >>> Oct 6 21:00:46 server apcupsd[5238]: apcupsd exiting, signal 15 >>> Oct 6 21:00:46 server BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at >>> ffff880130a6d858 >>> Oct 6 21:00:46 server IP: [<ffffffff8124ba55>] >>> tty_port_close_start+0xc5/0x1d0 >>> >> This looks like tty_port_close_start() is called with port == NULL >> And the new tty code went in with .2. I have to defer this to the Alans. >> > > More context from the log, please. > > Alan Stern > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html