linux-kernel - Re: EIP is at device

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Date:	Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:59:28 +0300
From:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...ru>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: EIP is at device_shutdown+0x32/0x60

On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 01:44:46AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 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?

2.6.24-something also rarely crashes on reboot for me. In fact it can very
well be different crash. I never managed to catch oops message with mainline.
Netconsole doesn't show anything and replugging monitor cable also
doesn't help and bug dissapear if I try to catch it. :)

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