On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:03:24 -0500 Larry Finger wrote: > Matt Mackall wrote: > > With the latest -mm, I'm now getting this: > > > > Mar 21 15:06:52 cinder kernel: ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless > > 2200BG Network Connection > > Mar 21 15:06:52 cinder kernel: firmware_loading_store: unexpected > > value (0) > > Mar 21 15:06:52 cinder kernel: ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw > > request_firmware failed: > > Reason -2 > > Mar 21 15:06:52 cinder kernel: ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2 > > Mar 21 15:06:52 cinder kernel: ipw2200: failed to register network > > device > > The problem for me is a general protection fault. > > kernel: general protection fault: 0000 [1] SMP > kernel: last sysfs file: class/firmware/0000:01:00.0/loading > kernel: CPU 0 > kernel: Modules linked in: af_packet snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_seq snd_seq_device > cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_userspace cpufreq_powersave powernow_k8 freq_table > button battery ac nls_utf8 ntfs loop nfsd exportfs nfs lockd nfs_acl sunrpc sr_mod usb_storage > libusual snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec sdhci snd_pcm snd_timer ohci1394 mmc_core snd ieee1394 > forcedeth soundcore snd_page_alloc ohci_hcd ide_cd ehci_hcd cdrom usbcore i2c_nforce2 bcm43xx > firmware_class ieee80211softmac ieee80211 ieee80211_crypt ext3 mbcache jbd sg edd fan sata_nv libata > amd74xx thermal processor sd_mod scsi_mod ide_disk ide_core > kernel: Pid: 4026, comm: cat Not tainted 2.6.21-rc4-mm1-mm1 #6 > kernel: RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff80251f99>] [<ffffffff80251f99>] module_put+0x1f/0x35 > kernel: RSP: 0018:ffff810006f85ea8 EFLAGS: 00010256 > kernel: RAX: 6b6b6b6b6b6b6dab RBX: ffff810005dbe1f0 RCX: ffffffff803f6160 > kernel: RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff802ec3dc RDI: 6b6b6b6b6b6b6b6b > kernel: RBP: ffff810006f85ea8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff810005918888 > kernel: R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffffff8811b020 R12: ffff81000850d000 > kernel: R13: ffff810004ec25a8 R14: ffff810006f38c18 R15: ffff8100034017c0 > kernel: FS: 00002b621c2f86f0(0000) GS:ffffffff8051e000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 > kernel: CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b > kernel: CR2: 00002b621c01d3c0 CR3: 0000000008154000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 > kernel: Process cat (pid: 4026, threadinfo ffff810006f84000, task ffff810005dd3140) > kernel: Stack: ffff810006f85ec8 ffffffff802cf4ba 0000000000000008 ffff810006f38c18 > kernel: ffff810006f85f08 ffffffff80290a44 ffff81000853bde0 ffff810004ec25a8 > kernel: ffff8100035d1cb0 0000000000000000 ffff810004ec25a8 00007fff8ed0f6d0 > kernel: Call Trace: > kernel: [<ffffffff802cf4ba>] release+0x3a/0x49 > kernel: [<ffffffff80290a44>] __fput+0xca/0x180 > kernel: [<ffffffff80290b0e>] fput+0x14/0x16 > kernel: [<ffffffff8028e1aa>] filp_close+0x66/0x71 > kernel: [<ffffffff8028f3c2>] sys_close+0x98/0xdd > kernel: [<ffffffff80209f6e>] system_call+0x7e/0x83 > kernel: > kernel: > kernel: Code: 48 ff 08 83 3f 02 75 0c 48 8b bf 50 22 00 00 e8 08 9d fd ff > kernel: RIP [<ffffffff80251f99>] module_put+0x1f/0x35 > kernel: RSP <ffff810006f85ea8> which is 'decq' instruction in the local_dec() below: void module_put(struct module *module) { if (module) { unsigned int cpu = get_cpu(); local_dec(&module->ref[cpu].count); /* Maybe they're waiting for us to drop reference? */ if (unlikely(!module_is_live(module))) wake_up_process(module->waiter); put_cpu(); } } 0000000000000f4e <module_put>: module_put(): f4e: 55 push %rbp f4f: 48 85 ff test %rdi,%rdi f52: 48 89 e5 mov %rsp,%rbp f55: 74 2a je f81 <module_put+0x33> f57: 65 8b 04 25 24 00 00 mov %gs:0x24,%eax f5e: 00 f5f: 89 c0 mov %eax,%eax f61: 48 c1 e0 07 shl $0x7,%rax f65: 48 8d 84 38 00 02 00 lea 0x200(%rax,%rdi,1),%rax f6c: 00 * f6d: 48 ff 08 decq (%rax) f70: 83 3f 02 cmpl $0x2,(%rdi) f73: 75 0c jne f81 <module_put+0x33> f75: 48 8b bf 10 06 00 00 mov 0x610(%rdi),%rdi f7c: e8 00 00 00 00 callq f81 <module_put+0x33> f7d: R_X86_64_PC32 wake_up_process+0xfffffffffffffffc f81: c9 leaveq f82: c3 retq --- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html