Re: Kernel 2.2.16 oops in tcp_v4_unhash(?)

From: David Woodhouse (dwmw2@infradead.org)
Date: Wed Jun 14 2000 - 03:36:59 EST


alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk said:
>
> Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
> 00000008

> One bit flipped. Always makes me nervous 8)

You mean 00000000 -> 00000008 ?

If it were zero to start with, that still would have oopsed. That looks
like an offset into a structure at NULL, not a bitflip. Unless it's
something like (if x) use x->field;

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dwmw2

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