linux-kernel - Re: [Bug #12908] acpi_ex_extract_from

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Date:	Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:09:19 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kernel Testers List <kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>,
	Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [Bug #12908] acpi_ex_extract_from_field -- div by zero

On Mon, 6 Apr 2009, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:

> This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report
> of recent regressions.
> 
> The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions
> from 2.6.28.  Please verify if it still should be listed and let me know
> (either way).
> 
> 
> Bug-Entry	: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12908
> Subject		: acpi_ex_extract_from_field -- div by zero
> Submitter	: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
> Date		: 2009-03-15 10:47 (23 days old)
> References	: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123711408225013&w=4
> Handled-By	: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@...el.com>

This is unreproducible and now marked closed.
The theory is that somebody (else:-) scribbled on random kernel memory...

thanks,
Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center

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