linux-kernel - Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 11313] New: Plugging HDMI causes "unable to handle kernel paging request"

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Date:	Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:59:58 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, zajec5@...il.com
Cc:	bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 11313] New: Plugging HDMI causes "unable to handle kernel paging request"

On Tuesday, 12 of August 2008, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> (switched to email.  Please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via the
> bugzilla web interface).
> 
> On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:30:01 -0700 (PDT)
> bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org wrote:
> 
> > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11313
> > 
> >            Summary: Plugging HDMI causes "unable to handle kernel paging
> >                     request"
> >            Product: Platform Specific/Hardware
> >            Version: 2.5
> >      KernelVersion: 2.6.27-rcX
> >           Platform: All
> >         OS/Version: Linux
> >               Tree: Mainline
> >             Status: NEW
> >           Severity: high
> >           Priority: P1
> >          Component: x86-64
> >         AssignedTo: platform_x86_64@...nel-bugs.osdl.org
> >         ReportedBy: zajec5@...il.com
> >
> > Latest working kernel version: 2.6.26
> 
> ugh.  Random rampant memory corruption caused by unplugging an HDMI
> cable?  I'm not even sure which subsystem could be involved here.

Hm.  Isn't that X trying to access memory which is not mapped?

Rafał, which graphics driver are you using?
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