Hi, I have a question about work queue. I use queue_work() function in my TTY driver's write function (ch_tty_write()). The TTY driver works fine,but when this driver is called from ppp_write() function system would crash. static int ch_tty_write(struct tty_struct *tty, const unsigned char *buf, int count) { ...... queue_work(xxx,xxxx); return count; } I want to know which context can't use queue_work() function? Put the crash message below. Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000003 pgd = df344000 [00000003] *pgd=9f3c8031, *pte=00000000, *ppte=00000000 Internal error: Oops: 17 [#1] PREEMPT last sysfs file: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/stats/time_in_state Modules linked in: CPU: 0 Not tainted (2.6.35.7-g76a4056-svn-dirty #453) PC is at __wake_up_common+0x20/0x78 LR is at __wake_up+0x44/0x7c pc : [<c006f29c>] lr : [<c00727e8>] psr: 80000093 sp : df197e48 ip : c05fb1ef fp : df197e6c r10: 00000000 r9 : 00000000 r8 : 00000003 r7 : 00000003 r6 : c06bcd14 r5 : 00000001 r4 : 00000093 r3 : 00000000 r2 : 00000001 r1 : 00000003 r0 : 00000003 Flags: Nzcv IRQs off FIQs on Mode SVC_32 ISA ARM Segment user Control: 10c5387d Table: 9f344019 DAC: 00000015 PC: 0xc006f21c: f21c e3a01000 e92d4830 e28db00c e5932430 e3520000 c3a02e47 d3002468 e18340d2 f23c e0944000 e0a55001 e18340f2 e8bd8830 c069d128 e92d4800 e28db004 e8bd4800 f25c eaffffe1 e92d4800 e28db004 e8bd4800 eaffffe9 e92d4800 e28db004 e8bd8800 f27c e92d4ff8 e1a06000 e5900000 e28db024 e1a08001 e1a05002 e1a0a003 e59b9004 f29c e410400c e244400c ea00000e e590c008 e1a01008 e1a0200a e1a03009 e5907000 f2bc e12fff3c e3500000 0a000003 e3170001 0a000001 e2555001 08bd8ff8 e594300c f2dc e1a00004 e243400c e280300c e1530006 1affffed e8bd8ff8 e92d4800 e28db004 f2fc e24dd008 e3a03000 e3a02001 e58d3000 ebffffda e24bd004 e8bd8800 e92d4800 LR: 0xc0072768: 2768 e3c23d7f e3c3303f e5933000 e3130002 0a000002 e24bd018 e8bd49f0 ea11529e 2788 e24bd018 e8bd89f0 e92d4800 e3a03000 e28db004 e8bd4800 eaffffd9 e92d49f0 27a8 e28db018 e24dd00c e1a05000 e1a07001 e1a06002 e1a08003 e10f4000 f10c0080 27c8 e3a00001 ebfff86a e3a03000 e1a00005 e1a01007 e1a02006 e58d8000 ebfff2a4 27e8 e121f004 e3a00001 ebfff832 e1a0200d e3c23d7f e3c3303f e5933000 e3130002 2808 0a000002 e24bd018 e8bd49f0 ea11527a e24bd018 e8bd89f0 e92d48f0 e28db014 2828 e24dd008 e24b1018 e1a04000 ebfff882 e594604c e5907414 e1a05000 e1570004 2848 13a07000 03a07001 e3560000 0a000002 e1a01004 e3a02000 ebfff9cd e3570000 SP: 0xdf197dc8: 7dc8 c06a822c 00000056 80000013 c007e288 80000013 c003b070 60000013 ffffffff 7de8 fa200000 ffffffff df197e34 c06bcd14 00000003 c003ba6c 00000003 00000003 7e08 00000001 00000000 00000093 00000001 c06bcd14 00000003 00000003 00000000 7e28 00000000 df197e6c c05fb1ef df197e48 c00727e8 c006f29c 80000093 ffffffff 7e48 00000000 00000093 c06bcd14 00000001 00000003 00000000 dedbf800 df43c400 7e68 df197e94 c00727e8 00000000 00000001 ffffffff 60000013 c06bcd0c dedbfbbc 7e88 df1760b0 c069c018 df1760b0 c0089ccc dedbfbbc d8eee440 dedbf83c c0089d48 7ea8 00000000 c008a420 00000009 dedbf800 0000002f c005b428 df176000 df176014 IP: 0xc05fb16f: b16c 6f6e203a 6d656d20 2079726f 204a5628 706d6f63 73736572 0a29726f 6e702600 b18c 6c613e2d 70705f6c 756d5f70 00786574 503e363c 67205050 72656e65 64206369 b1ac 65766972 65762072 6f697372 2e32206e 0a322e34 3e333c00 6c696166 74206465 b1cc 6572206f 74736967 50207265 70205050 656e7265 65642074 65636976 64252820 b1ec c0000a29 3cdedbfb 61663e33 64656c69 206f7420 69676572 72657473 50505020 b20c 76656420 20656369 29642528 333c000a 5050503e 6572203a 69766f6d 6d20676e b22c 6c75646f 75622065 6e752074 20737469 616d6572 0a216e69 63702600 633e2d68 b24c 5f6e6168 006d6573 703e333c 645f7070 6d6f6365 73657270 72665f73 3a656d61 b26c 206f6e20 6f6d656d 000a7972 503e333c 203a5050 6d206f6e 726f6d65 56282079 FP: 0xdf197dec: 7dec ffffffff df197e34 c06bcd14 00000003 c003ba6c 00000003 00000003 00000001 7e0c 00000000 00000093 00000001 c06bcd14 00000003 00000003 00000000 00000000 7e2c df197e6c c05fb1ef df197e48 c00727e8 c006f29c 80000093 ffffffff 00000000 7e4c 00000093 c06bcd14 00000001 00000003 00000000 dedbf800 df43c400 df197e94 7e6c c00727e8 00000000 00000001 ffffffff 60000013 c06bcd0c dedbfbbc df1760b0 7e8c c069c018 df1760b0 c0089ccc dedbfbbc d8eee440 dedbf83c c0089d48 00000000 7eac c008a420 00000009 dedbf800 0000002f c005b428 df176000 df176014 00000016 7ecc 00000000 0000002f c02abfd8 00000053 df176014 00000002 de964800 00000016 R6: 0xc06bcc94: cc94 00000000 00000000 c06bcca4 dfd352c0 00000000 00000000 c02a757c c02a752c ccb4 c02a757c c02a752c 00000000 c02a74e4 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ccd4 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 de9c7d80 de9c7dc0 00000000 ccf4 00000000 c0020610 c04bf808 00000000 c077ebd4 00000030 00005403 dedbfbc0 cd14 00000003 00000000 c02ac7a4 c02ac464 00000000 00000000 c02ab68c c02ab694 cd34 c02abd8c 00000000 00000000 c02ab69c c02ac510 c02ab8fc c02ab880 00000000 cd54 00000000 00000001 00000080 c02ac414 c02ac520 00005403 c05fb4ee 0000000e cd74 00000000 c02ad530 c02ad1fc 00000000 00000000 c02ac9b8 c02ac9c0 c02acd94 Process pppd (pid: 1681, stack limit = 0xdf1962e8) Stack: (0xdf197e48 to 0xdf198000) 7e40: 00000000 00000093 c06bcd14 00000001 00000003 00000000 7e60: dedbf800 df43c400 df197e94 c00727e8 00000000 00000001 ffffffff 60000013 7e80: c06bcd0c dedbfbbc df1760b0 c069c018 df1760b0 c0089ccc dedbfbbc d8eee440 7ea0: dedbf83c c0089d48 00000000 c008a420 00000009 dedbf800 0000002f c005b428 7ec0: df176000 df176014 00000016 00000000 0000002f c02abfd8 00000053 df176014 7ee0: 00000002 de964800 00000016 00000001 df1770aa dedbf884 df1760b1 00000000 7f00: 00000000 df176000 df636b40 df636b40 df636b40 00000000 00000000 fffffcec 7f20: 00000000 c02ac45c c02ac414 db9c51c0 db9c51c4 c02aa394 00000016 db9c51c0 7f40: 0006d212 c02aa504 df197f80 00000016 df3d9ac0 0006d212 df197f80 c00e8d8c 7f60: df3d9ac0 0006d212 df3d9ac0 0006d212 00000016 00000004 00000000 c00e8ed4 7f80: 00000000 00000000 00000016 00000000 00000016 0006d212 00027548 c003c0c4 7fa0: df196000 c003bf40 00000016 0006d212 0000000b 0006d212 00000016 00000000 7fc0: 00000016 0006d212 00027548 00000004 00000001 0001fa86 fffffcec 00000000 7fe0: 0002769c bee61a18 0001a027 afd0b47c 20000010 0000000b 80c06021 80c06421 [<c006f29c>] (__wake_up_common+0x20/0x78) from [<c00727e8>] (__wake_up+0x44/0x7c) [<c00727e8>] (__wake_up+0x44/0x7c) from [<c0089ccc>] (__queue_work+0x2c/0x58) [<c0089ccc>] (__queue_work+0x2c/0x58) from [<c0089d48>] (queue_work_on+0x50/0x5c) [<c0089d48>] (queue_work_on+0x50/0x5c) from [<c008a420>] (queue_work+0x24/0x54) [<c008a420>] (queue_work+0x24/0x54) from [<c005b428>] (ch_tty_write+0x80/0xa4) [<c005b428>] (ch_tty_write+0x80/0xa4) from [<c02abfd8>] (ppp_async_push+0xe4/0x520) [<c02abfd8>] (ppp_async_push+0xe4/0x520) from [<c02ac45c>] (ppp_async_send+0x48/0x50) [<c02ac45c>] (ppp_async_send+0x48/0x50) from [<c02aa394>] (ppp_channel_push+0x48/0xc0) [<c02aa394>] (ppp_channel_push+0x48/0xc0) from [<c02aa504>] (ppp_write+0xf8/0x100) [<c02aa504>] (ppp_write+0xf8/0x100) from [<c00e8d8c>] (vfs_write+0xb0/0x148) [<c00e8d8c>] (vfs_write+0xb0/0x148) from [<c00e8ed4>] (sys_write+0x3c/0x68) [<c00e8ed4>] (sys_write+0x3c/0x68) from [<c003bf40>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x30) Code: e1a08001 e1a05002 e1a0a003 e59b9004 (e410400c) ---[ end trace d4cfc85b433d01fb ]--- Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt [<c0040c50>] (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0xe4) from [<c04c6b78>] (panic+0x54/0xdc) [<c04c6b78>] (panic+0x54/0xdc) from [<c003f884>] (die+0x1a0/0x1dc) [<c003f884>] (die+0x1a0/0x1dc) from [<c00419cc>] (__do_kernel_fault+0x64/0x84) [<c00419cc>] (__do_kernel_fault+0x64/0x84) from [<c0041c84>] (do_page_fault+0x298/0x2b8) [<c0041c84>] (do_page_fault+0x298/0x2b8) from [<c003b2ec>] (do_DataAbort+0x34/0x98) [<c003b2ec>] (do_DataAbort+0x34/0x98) from [<c003ba6c>] (__dabt_svc+0x4c/0x60) Exception stack(0xdf197e00 to 0xdf197e48) 7e00: 00000003 00000003 00000001 00000000 00000093 00000001 c06bcd14 00000003 7e20: 00000003 00000000 00000000 df197e6c c05fb1ef df197e48 c00727e8 c006f29c 7e40: 80000093 ffffffff [<c003ba6c>] (__dabt_svc+0x4c/0x60) from [<c006f29c>] (__wake_up_common+0x20/0x78) [<c006f29c>] (__wake_up_common+0x20/0x78) from [<c00727e8>] (__wake_up+0x44/0x7c) [<c00727e8>] (__wake_up+0x44/0x7c) from [<c0089ccc>] (__queue_work+0x2c/0x58) [<c0089ccc>] (__queue_work+0x2c/0x58) from [<c0089d48>] (queue_work_on+0x50/0x5c) [<c0089d48>] (queue_work_on+0x50/0x5c) from [<c008a420>] (queue_work+0x24/0x54) [<c008a420>] (queue_work+0x24/0x54) from [<c005b428>] (ch_tty_write+0x80/0xa4) [<c005b428>] (ch_tty_write+0x80/0xa4) from [<c02abfd8>] (ppp_async_push+0xe4/0x520) [<c02abfd8>] (ppp_async_push+0xe4/0x520) from [<c02ac45c>] (ppp_async_send+0x48/0x50) [<c02ac45c>] (ppp_async_send+0x48/0x50) from [<c02aa394>] (ppp_channel_push+0x48/0xc0) [<c02aa394>] (ppp_channel_push+0x48/0xc0) from [<c02aa504>] (ppp_write+0xf8/0x100) [<c02aa504>] (ppp_write+0xf8/0x100) from [<c00e8d8c>] (vfs_write+0xb0/0x148) [<c00e8d8c>] (vfs_write+0xb0/0x148) from [<c00e8ed4>] (sys_write+0x3c/0x68) [<c00e8ed4>] (sys_write+0x3c/0x68) from [<c003bf40>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x30) Rebooting in 1 seconds.. thanks. 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