[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7505
> one. I think this was a better bisection and I got this > Bisecting: 1 revisions left to test after this > [d71374dafbba7ec3f67371d3b7e9f6310a588808] PCI: fix race with pci_walk_bus and > pci_destroy_dev > d71374dafbba7ec3f67371d3b7e9f6310a588808 is first bad commit > commit d71374dafbba7ec3f67371d3b7e9f6310a588808 > Author: Zhang Yanmin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri Jun 2 12:35:43 2006 +0800 > > [PATCH] PCI: fix race with pci_walk_bus and pci_destroy_dev > > pci_walk_bus has a race with pci_destroy_dev. When cb is called > in pci_walk_bus, pci_destroy_dev might unlink the dev pointed by next. > Later on in the next loop, pointer next becomes NULL and cause > kernel panic. > > Below patch against 2.6.17-rc4 fixes it by changing pci_bus_lock > (spin_lock) > to pci_bus_sem (rw_semaphore). > > Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanmin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > :040000 040000 570ec0423dac5f57a4b7db859e4f502fab422b4d > 3fbe35bcc512418894e9ae3862f44363b8b0ab4e M drivers > Let's try and discussing this someplace where people are watching. Bugzilla seems to be a horrible medium for tracking down bugs. Does reverting the above commit allow later kernels to boot? Or do you still get the impossible oops? Eric - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
