linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/14 v3] bq27x00: Cache battery registers

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Message-ID: <AANLkTinB8i+UK2gb88Fy0zf8EO0nYksTOmZVfDOWRRro@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:00:06 +0200
From:	Grazvydas Ignotas <notasas@...il.com>
To:	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>
Cc:	Anton Vorontsov <cbouatmailru@...il.com>,
	Pali Rohar <pali.rohar@...il.com>,
	Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@...ux.it>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/14 v3] bq27x00: Cache battery registers

> I've added the patch to my bq27x00-for-upstream tree.

Thanks.

>>
>> However there is bigger problem, compiling as module and doing
>> insmod/rmmod/insmod causes kernel OOPS:
>>
>> [  882.575714] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at
>> arch/arm/mm/fault.c:295
>> [  882.584350] in_atomic(): 0, irqs_disabled(): 128, pid: 1154, name: insmod
>> ...
>> [  882.959930] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
>> virtual address 00000000
>> [  882.968444] pgd = c14c8000
>> [  882.977905] Internal error: Oops: 817 [#1]
>> ...
>> [  883.304412] [<c007eed8>] (__queue_work+0x140/0x260) from
>> [<c007f044>] (queue_work_on+0x2c/0x34)
>> [  883.313568] [<c007f044>] (queue_work_on+0x2c/0x34) from
>> [<bf008390>] (bq27x00_update+0x1f8/0x220 [bq27x00_battery])
>> [  883.324584] [<bf008390>] (bq27x00_update+0x1f8/0x220
>> [bq27x00_battery]) from [<bf0084c8>] (bq27x00_battery_poll+0x14/0x48
>> [bq27x00_battery])
>>
>> full backtrace attached.
>
> I can't reproduce that OOPS. And the backtrace looks a bit strange,
> queue_work_on is not called from bq27x00_update.
> Can you send me the disassembly of your bq27x00_update?

It comes from power_supply_changed, probably omitted because
queue_work is a tail function of power_supply_changed. It's probably
something i2c specific, I could try bisecting it for you if you like,
I know it doesn't happen before this series.
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