linux-kernel - Re: BUG at cpuidle_play

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Date:	Thu, 5 Apr 2012 17:11:06 -0400
From:	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@....com>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>, Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>,
	Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>
Subject: Re: BUG at cpuidle_play_dead

On 04/05/12 17:03, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm hitting this BUG as the last thing during shutdown:
> BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000000000002d8
> IP: [<ffffffff814ab60d>] cpuidle_play_dead+0x1d/0xb0
>
>
> It's because drv is NULL. The problem is gone if I do this:
> --- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
> @@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ int cpuidle_play_dead(void)
>          int i, dead_state = -1;
>          int power_usage = -1;
>
> +       if (!drv) {
> +               printk("DRIVER IS NULL\n");
> +               return -ENODEV;
> +       }
> +
>          /* Find lowest-power state that supports long-term idle */
>          for (i = CPUIDLE_DRIVER_STATE_START; i<  drv->state_count; i++) {
>                  struct cpuidle_state *s =&drv->states[i];
>
> thanks,


This was already fixed in https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/3/31/249.

Len, please apply that patch.

Thanks.
-boris

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