linux-kernel - Re: EIP is at device

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Date:	Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:44:46 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...ru>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: EIP is at device_shutdown+0x32/0x60

On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:11:58 +0300 Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...ru> wrote:

> Three boxes rarely oops during reboot or poweroff with 2.6.24-rc2-mm1
> (1) and during 2.6.24 cycle (2):
> 
> 	kernel_restart
> 	sys_reboot
> 	[garbage]
> Code: 8b 88 a8 00 00 00 85 c9 74 04 89
> EIP is at device_shutdown+0x32/0x60

Yes, all my test boxes did that - it's what I referred to in the releaee
notes.  Greg is pondering the problem - seem he's the only person who
cannot reproduce it ;)

But what does "during 2.6.24 cycle (2)" mean?  Some kernel other than
2.6.24-rc2-mm1 is crashing?

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