linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.25-rc8-mm1 panic in rpaphp_register

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Date:	Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:32:55 -0700
From:	Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@...ibm.com>
To:	Alex Chiang <achiang@...com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, anton@....ibm.com
Subject: Re: 2.6.25-rc8-mm1 panic in rpaphp_register_slot()


On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 21:18 -0600, Alex Chiang wrote:
> >>> +	if (slot->bus->self)
> >>> +		slot_nr = PCI_SLOT(slot->bus->self->devfn);
> >>> +	else
> >>> +		slot_nr = 0;
> >>> +	retval = pci_hp_register(php_slot, slot->bus, slot_nr);
> >>>  	if (retval) {
> >>>  		err("pci_hp_register failed with error %d\n", retval);
> >>>  		return retval;
> >
> > No. It didn't help. I had to hack "slot_nr = 0" all the time to boot my  
> > machine.
> 
> It didn't help because you're still getting a NULL deref? Or are
> you seeing some other failure mode?
> 

Alex,

I verified this patch again. It seem to have worked this time :(
I am not able to reproduce the problem with this problem (tried many
times). 
 
Sorry for the false alarm :(

Thanks,
Badari

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