linux-kernel - Re: Wireless-testing's b43 panics in b43_generate

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Message-Id: <1212252636.2766.10.camel@rd>
Date:	Sat, 31 May 2008 12:50:36 -0400
From:	Pavel Roskin <proski@....org>
To:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
Cc:	Stefanik Gábor <netrolller.3d@...il.com>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"bcm43xx-dev@...ts.berlios.de" <bcm43xx-dev@...ts.berlios.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Wireless-testing's b43 panics in b43_generate_txhdr on packet
	transmit

On Sat, 2008-05-31 at 18:41 +0200, Michael Buesch wrote:
> On Saturday 31 May 2008 18:34:29 Stefanik Gábor wrote:
> > "BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000004
> > IP: [<f8dd3a99>] :b43:b43_generate_txhdr+0x6a9/0x790
> 
> So can you put a few printks into the function to see where it dereferences
> a NULL pointer? (or use gdb to lookup the offset).

u8 key_idx = info->control.hw_key->hw_key_idx;

info->control.hw_key is NULL.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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