From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1764749AbXJQHYF (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:24:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757858AbXJQHXw (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:23:52 -0400 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:48125 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757867AbXJQHXv (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:23:51 -0400 Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:23:17 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Kamalesh Babulal Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, David Woodhouse , linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [BUG] 2.6.23-rc9 kernel panic - simple_map_write+0x4e/0x75 Message-Id: <20071017002317.7ae2cbf4.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <4715B5A5.9050005@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <4710686C.8060603@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20071016134620.7b3ce56f.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <4715B5A5.9050005@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.1 (GTK+ 2.8.17; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:41:33 +0530 Kamalesh Babulal wrote: > >> [ 321.592882] Code: 83 f8 01 75 0a 03 7b 10 8b 45 d4 88 07 eb 35 83 f8 02 75 0c > >> 0f b7 45 d4 03 7b 10 66 89 07 eb 24 83 f8 04 75 0a 03 7b 10 8b 45 d4 <89> 07 eb > >> 15 7e 13 03 7b 10 89 c1 c1 e9 02 f3 a5 89 c1 83 e1 03 > >> [ 321.668990] EIP: [] simple_map_write+0x4e/0x75 SS:ESP 0068:c3ca8d6c > >> [ 321.695750] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! > > > > Would I be correct in assuming that the machine has no mtd devices, but > > you happened to link that driver into your vmlinux? > > > > Hi Andrew, > > The machine do not have the mtd device, and the mtd is compiled into the vmlinuz. > This configuration works fine for other kernels and is reproducible with > 2.6.23-rc9 only. So 2.6.23 is OK?