linux-kernel - Re: rc9 + orinoco WPA patchset: BUG: scheduling while atomic loading firmware with PCMCIA adapter

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Message-Id: <200810091959.54987.arvidjaar@newmail.ru>
Date:	Thu, 9 Oct 2008 19:59:53 +0400
From:	Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@...mail.ru>
To:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
Cc:	orinoco-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-pcmcia@...ts.infradead.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: rc9 + orinoco WPA patchset: BUG: scheduling while atomic loading firmware with PCMCIA adapter

On Thursday 09 October 2008, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 05:22:55PM +0400, Andrey Borzenkov wrote:
> > After loading orinoco and "inserting" adapter I get either BUG with
> > endless loop (attached) or kernel panic on NULL pointer dereference
> > (was not able capture). Adapter works fine with wlags49 driver.
> 
> It looks like you've fallen off the bottom of the kernel stack.  Do you
> have 4k stacks enabled in your config?
> 

You are right. Using 8K stacks load and runs fine. Hmm ... not nice
from it :p

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