Hi, I see the following sparc/sparc64 runtime crashes since next-20151016. The problem is seen with sparc32_defconfig and sparc64_defconfig (the traceback is a bit different for sparc64). NET: Registered protocol family 16 Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference tsk->{mm,active_mm}->context = ffffffff tsk->{mm,active_mm}->pgd = fc000000 \|/ ____ \|/ "@'/ ,. \`@" /_| \__/ |_\ \__U_/ swapper/0(1): Oops [#1] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 4.3.0-rc1-00003-g61e82530d80f #1 task: f681da20 ti: f681e000 task.ti: f681e000 PSR: 408010c6 PC: f0417a10 NPC: f0417a28 Y: 00000000 Not tainted PC: <iommu_init+0x60/0x208> %G: f6844000 00008000 00461000 0000006c 00000017 00000076 f681e000 00697400 %O: f687a600 000000d0 f681fe2c 00000000 f6800040 404010e6 f681fd80 f0417a00 RPC: <iommu_init+0x50/0x208> %L: f0440800 f687a600 00000000 00000002 f04408a4 00000000 f03f8f94 00000000 %I: f03a6190 f0000000 f03a6210 f03a6160 f0437400 f088b120 f681fde0 f000a0ec Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint Caller[f000a0ec]: do_one_initcall+0x84/0x1e8 Caller[f0410094]: kernel_init_freeable+0x130/0x1e0 Caller[f034244c]: kernel_init+0x4/0xf4 Caller[f000b4d4]: ret_from_kernel_thread+0xc/0x38 Caller[00000000]: (null) Instruction DUMP: d0052018 a2922000 32800007 <d004a0f4> 113c0e98 7ff6159e 90122168 7ff61511 01000000 Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000009 Bisect points to "of/platform: Point to struct device from device node". Bisect log is below. Reverting this patch results in build failures, so I could not test if a revert would fix the problem. Guenter --- $ git bisect log # bad: [1c7a47a97a31902a96fd4ec9e930af23cca3d67d] Add linux-next specific files for 20151020 # good: [7379047d5585187d1288486d4627873170d0005a] Linux 4.3-rc6 git bisect start 'HEAD' 'v4.3-rc6' # good: [0e3a82ce0a0479cb4d7a6cca303942fe95b37687] Merge remote-tracking branch 'md/for-next' git bisect good 0e3a82ce0a0479cb4d7a6cca303942fe95b37687 # good: [c3af8a28f43315fc46753465a4e77e5619dd9f30] staging: IB/hfi1: use TASK_COMM_LEN in hfi1_ctxtdata git bisect good c3af8a28f43315fc46753465a4e77e5619dd9f30 # bad: [75a52ca1c066307d4a9a4b42a20a7640b0e81fe4] Merge remote-tracking branch 'driver-core/driver-core-next' git bisect bad 75a52ca1c066307d4a9a4b42a20a7640b0e81fe4 # good: [d3f683641ad30eecfca7599abfd2baefe763c72f] Merge branch 'x86/urgent' git bisect good d3f683641ad30eecfca7599abfd2baefe763c72f # bad: [00e16fdd52add4874c585e2fc3d8f28bb2bb8ca5] Merge remote-tracking branch 'mailbox/mailbox-for-next' git bisect bad 00e16fdd52add4874c585e2fc3d8f28bb2bb8ca5 # good: [a5e241ac9f2df39200df1ea06392c7d801f6b127] Merge remote-tracking branch 'regulator/for-next' git bisect good a5e241ac9f2df39200df1ea06392c7d801f6b127 # good: [3ea73388f1d40169b9cfcce578991a9c3c33d0be] Merge remote-tracking branch 'dwmw2-iommu/master' git bisect good 3ea73388f1d40169b9cfcce578991a9c3c33d0be # good: [15800f083f028b6df640ea258014458b8c3d805c] Merge remote-tracking branch 'audit/next' git bisect good 15800f083f028b6df640ea258014458b8c3d805c # good: [0f1cba62520b611914e0365e8487e12bee5a651e] Merge branch 'dt-doc-cleanup' into for-next git bisect good 0f1cba62520b611914e0365e8487e12bee5a651e # bad: [dd915c6fd3f9df40906dbf432e587b2e7a175b3a] clk: Probe clk providers on demand git bisect bad dd915c6fd3f9df40906dbf432e587b2e7a175b3a # bad: [5634acd9c8e3cd43767978a7987762390d0b7e18] regulator: core: Probe regulators on demand git bisect bad 5634acd9c8e3cd43767978a7987762390d0b7e18 # bad: [61e82530d80f05591cba20687aad50010eef45e3] of/platform: Point to struct device from device node git bisect bad 61e82530d80f05591cba20687aad50010eef45e3 # good: [f7d5891639697aa3d4aa319d2b2e88d536ba1276] ARM: amba: Move reading of periphid to amba_match() git bisect good f7d5891639697aa3d4aa319d2b2e88d536ba1276 # first bad commit: [61e82530d80f05591cba20687aad50010eef45e3] of/platform: Point to struct device from device node -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html