Re: 2.6.6-mm1 Oops with dummy network device (sysfs related?)

[Valdis . Kletnieks]

On Mon, 10 May 2004 21:06:50 EDT, Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx said:

> > : Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000

> > :  [show_stack+122/144] show_stack+0x7a/0x90
> > :  [show_registers+324/432] show_registers+0x144/0x1b0
> > :  [die+153/272] die+0x99/0x110
> > :  [do_page_fault+485/1327] do_page_fault+0x1e5/0x52f
> > :  [error_code+45/56] error_code+0x2d/0x38
> > :  [sysfs_rename_dir+193/224] sysfs_rename_dir+0xc1/0xe0
> > :  [kobject_rename+33/64] kobject_rename+0x21/0x40
> > :  [class_device_rename+56/80] class_device_rename+0x38/0x50
> > :  [dev_change_name+315/448] dev_change_name+0x13b/0x1c0
> > :  [dev_ioctl+339/704] dev_ioctl+0x153/0x2c0
> > :  [inet_ioctl+154/176] inet_ioctl+0x9a/0xb0
> > :  [sock_ioctl+239/656] sock_ioctl+0xef/0x290
> > :  [sys_ioctl+261/608] sys_ioctl+0x105/0x260
> > :  [sysenter_past_esp+82/113] sysenter_past_esp+0x52/0x71
> 
> Am seeing this as  well, while running 'nameif' to rename real Ethernet interfaces.

In case nobody shot this bug overnight... More info

The problem is in one of the sysfs-backing-store patches.  I backed out the 6
sysfs-leaves-* patches and my system boots OK. (My kernel *does* still have
fix-sysfs-symlinks on).  It won't be till late afternoon before I have time to
play binary-search on the 6 remaining..

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