linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.29, today's git changes, oops at boot, BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffffffa00f0016

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Date:	Tue, 7 Apr 2009 10:28:11 +0200
From:	Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...il.com>
To:	Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <a.miskiewicz@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: 2.6.29, today's git changes, oops at boot, BUG: unable to
	handle kernel paging request at ffffffffa00f0016

2009/4/7 Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <a.miskiewicz@...il.com>:
> On Tuesday 07 of April 2009, Vegard Nossum wrote:
>> 2009/4/6 Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <a.miskiewicz@...il.com>:
>> > Pulled Linus git few minutes ago and new oops at boot (happens on every
>> > boot). Yesterday git version was fine. Oopsed just while/after udev
>> > started.
>>
>> Hi, thanks for the report. Some musings below.

Can you try this patch?

The theory is that the init section of the module is unloaded before the
async function gets a chance to run.

Thanks,

Vegard


diff --git a/drivers/acpi/battery.c b/drivers/acpi/battery.c
index b0de631..3c7d894 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/battery.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/battery.c
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ static struct acpi_driver acpi_battery_driver = {
 		},
 };
 
-static void __init acpi_battery_init_async(void *unused, async_cookie_t cookie)
+static void acpi_battery_init_async(void *unused, async_cookie_t cookie)
 {
 	if (acpi_disabled)
 		return;
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