Hi Sedat, > I have reported this issue several times (first for next-20130223) to > LKML and Linux-Next MLs but got no answer. > I am unsure which is the root cause for all this trouble. > > Can someone have a look at this, please? > > [ 0.065787] smpboot: CPU0: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2467M CPU @ 1.60GHz > (fam: 06, model: 2a, stepping: 07) > [ 0.065799] TSC deadline timer enabled > [ 0.065811] Performance Events: PEBS fmt1+, 16-deep LBR, > SandyBridge events, Intel PMU driver. > [ 0.065822] ... version: 3 > [ 0.065824] ... bit width: 48 > [ 0.065826] ... generic registers: 4 > [ 0.065829] ... value mask: 0000ffffffffffff > [ 0.065831] ... max period: 000000007fffffff > [ 0.065834] ... fixed-purpose events: 3 > [ 0.065836] ... event mask: 000000070000000f > [ 0.066888] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference > at (null) > [ 0.066894] IP: [<ffffffff8112a292>] perf_init_event+0x32/0x100 > [ 0.066900] PGD 0 > [ 0.066903] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP > [ 0.066906] Modules linked in: > [ 0.066908] CPU 0 > [ 0.066912] Pid: 11, comm: watchdog/0 Not tainted > 3.8.0-next20130227-1-iniza-small #1 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. > 530U3BI/530U4BI/530U4BH/530U3BI/530U4BI/530U4BH > [ 0.066918] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8112a292>] [<ffffffff8112a292>] > perf_init_event+0x32/0x100 > [ 0.066924] RSP: 0000:ffff880119b59d58 EFLAGS: 00010246 > [ 0.066927] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffff81c4d760 RCX: 0000000000000002 > [ 0.066930] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffffff81f56dc0 > [ 0.066933] RBP: ffff880119b59d88 R08: ffff88011fa16fa0 R09: ffffffff810ec0e0 > [ 0.066936] R10: ffff88011b012000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff88011b012000 > [ 0.066939] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff88011b012000 > [ 0.066942] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88011fa00000(0000) > knlGS:0000000000000000 > [ 0.066946] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 > [ 0.066949] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000001c0d000 CR4: 00000000000407f0 > [ 0.066952] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 > [ 0.066955] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 > [ 0.066959] Process watchdog/0 (pid: 11, threadinfo > ffff880119b58000, task ffff880119b50000) > [ 0.066962] Stack: > [ 0.066964] ffff88011fa141b0 ffffffff81c4d760 0000000000000000 > ffffffff81c4d760 > [ 0.066970] ffff88011b012000 0000000000000000 ffff880119b59de8 > ffffffff8112a6b8 > [ 0.066975] ffff880119b00048 ffff880119b00048 ffffffff810ec0e0 > 0000000000000000 > [ 0.066980] Call Trace: > [ 0.066985] [<ffffffff8112a6b8>] perf_event_alloc+0x358/0x490 > [ 0.066990] [<ffffffff810ec0e0>] ? touch_nmi_watchdog+0x80/0x80 > [ 0.066995] [<ffffffff8112ab1e>] perf_event_create_kernel_counter+0x2e/0xe0 > [ 0.066999] [<ffffffff810ec29d>] watchdog_enable+0xfd/0x1e0 > [ 0.067004] [<ffffffff810878ec>] smpboot_thread_fn+0x9c/0x170 > [ 0.067009] [<ffffffff81087850>] ? lg_global_lock+0x70/0x70 > [ 0.067013] [<ffffffff8107fa30>] kthread+0xc0/0xd0 > [ 0.067017] [<ffffffff8107f970>] ? flush_kthread_worker+0xb0/0xb0 > [ 0.067021] [<ffffffff816cc36c>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0 > [ 0.067025] [<ffffffff8107f970>] ? flush_kthread_worker+0xb0/0xb0 > [ 0.067027] Code: 54 49 89 fc 48 c7 c7 c0 6d f5 81 53 48 83 ec 18 > e8 e4 a5 f5 ff 41 8b b4 24 a0 00 00 00 41 89 c5 48 8b 05 f2 ca e2 00 > 89 f2 30 d2 <3b> 10 74 4a 48 c7 c7 80 6d f5 81 e8 ae ab 22 00 48 89 c3 > 48 85 > [ 0.067063] RIP [<ffffffff8112a292>] perf_init_event+0x32/0x100 > [ 0.067067] RSP <ffff880119b59d58> > [ 0.067069] CR2: 0000000000000000 > [ 0.067077] ---[ end trace 3cbbfd94f0f8f035 ]--- touch_nmi_watchdog is defined in kernel/watchdog.c (which is the kernels watchdog and has nothing to do with the watchdog device drivers). Kind regards, Wim. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-watchdog" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html