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

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Message-ID: <48057076.1010006@us.ibm.com>
Date:	Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:20:22 -0700
From:	Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@...ibm.com>
To:	Alex Chiang <achiang@...com>,
	Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@...ibm.com>,
	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()

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?
>   
I am pretty sure it was NULL deref. I can double check again, but have 
to wait
till tomorrow morning - don't have access to console right now.

Thanks,
Badari

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