Re: [PATCH] edac:Fix kernel panic regression in edac_mc_reset_delay_period

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Thu May 19 2016 - 18:27:32 EST


On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 06:10:37PM -0400, nick wrote:
> Here is the issue though it does not happen on v4.4 but on newer
> kernels. I bisected it and it does work if the commit I stated is
> reverted, and working at that commit the only line changed in any
> function is in my patch. Here we can add a check like your asking:

This is not what I hinted at. I hinted at checking ->op_state in
edac_mc_reset_delay_period() before doing edac_mod_work().

Here's another hint: ->op_state gets set to OP_RUNNING_POLL only when
->edac_check is not NULL.

Better?

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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