Re: [2.6.17-rc5-mm2+ahci resume] NULL pointer dereference incfq_dispatch_requests

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Sat Jun 03 2006 - 21:40:43 EST


On Sat, 03 Jun 2006 18:34:23 -0700
Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual
> address 00000054
>
> in cfq_dispatch_requests+0x2c5/0x454.
>
> I'm running 2.6.17-rc5-mm2 with Forrest Zhao's ahci resume patches of
> the other day.
>
> The system was basically idle with very little IO going on. It happens
> fairly regularly, but not triggered by any particular activity. The
> system had not been through a suspend/resume cycle.

There have been a number of CFQ fixes post-2.6.17-rc5-mm2. Fingers
crossed, please test -mm3. Hopefully I'll have that out 4-6 hours hence.


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