Re: [>=2.6.23][BUG] Oops on power disconnection

["Sanjeev Aditya Naga" <sanjeev.kernel@gmail.com>]

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Hello Thomas,
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 2:34 AM, Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de> wrote:>>>  On Thu, 2008-04-03 at 21:45 +0530, Sanjeev Aditya Naga wrote:>  > Hello Thomas,>  >>  > On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 11:42 PM, Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de> wrote:>  > >>  > > On Wed, 2008-04-02 at 21:43 +0530, Sanjeev Aditya Naga wrote:>  > >  > Hello Thomas,>  > >  >>  > >  > > Hi,>  > >  > >>  > >  > >>  > >  > >  On Wed, 2008-04-02 at 18:38 +0530, Sanjeev Aditya Naga wrote:>  > >  > >  > Hello Andrew Morton,>  > >  > >  >>  > >  > >  > Greetings!>  > >  > >  >>  > >  > >  > Thank you for the update. Is there anything I can do>  > >  > >  > from my side?>  > >  > >  >>  > >  > >  > I thought it was a acpi (dsdt) problem. And based on>  > >  > >  > a tutorial, I have tried to extract, fix, recompile the dsdt>  > >  > >  > and use it with the kernel. But still I have the same problem.>  > >  > >  > Let me know if I shall attach the dsdt (original) decompiled>  > >  > >  > code, if that helps.>  > >  > >>  > >  > >  this could be due a general memory corruption problem through ACPICA.>  > >  > >  If you get different backtraces on reboots even you only modified things>  > >  > >  that do not have to do with the problem, it's probably that and related>  > >  > >  to:>  > >  > >  http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10339>  > >  > >>  > >  > >  You might want to try the latest kernel or the patch posted there.>  > >  >>  > >  > Thank you for the update.>  > >  > I have checked the bug and unfortunately its not the>  > >  > same issue. Things work absolutely fine, when I'm>  > >  > running on AC power. It even displays the exact>  > >  > battery (and charging) status to me. It messes up>  > >  > when suddenly AC power gets disconnected and>  > >  > switches to battery mode (The time when I get Oops).>  > >  > The system is still usable after switching to battery>  > >  > mode and I still get correct battery stats until its>  > >  > completely discharged. However most of the commands>  > >  > like kill, poweroff, java doesn't work after the Oops.>  > >  The bug is not related to battery, but to AML parsing and can therefore>  > >  affect anything which is ACPI related.>  > >>  > >>  > >  > BTW there is one similarity with the referenced bug.>  > >  > If I boot the computer without AC Power, it gives the>  > >  > same Oops and stops during booting itself.>  > >  >>  > >  > I shall try the latest kernel once and shall update you.>  > >  That would be great.>  > >  If it works, please give the patch there a try, IMO this one should see>  > >  2.6.2[34].X stable kernels soon.>  >>  > I have got the lastest kernel 2.6.25-rc8 today. I observed that>  > the referenced patch is already in the kernel. However this didn't>  > solve the problem in question. I get the same Oops on this kernel>  > as well. Find the latest dmesg along with the Oops:>  Ok.>  Maybe best is you document the backtraces/oopses with kernel versions at>  bugzilla.kernel.org and add dmesg and acpidump.>  It seems your machine notifies OS that the C-state table changed.>  AFAIK this is rare and there might be a general bug in the cpuidle layer>  which I do not know well.>  Best you add Venkatesh and Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> to CC of>  the bug.>  While the backtrace shows a lot, cpuidle IMO is missing a general debug>  option like in the cpufreq layer.>  I couldn't find a single printk in the whole cpuidle/{cpuidle,sysfs}.c>  files, even on error paths. Also in the cpuidle specific parts of>  drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c some debug printks may help for future bug>  reports. It is very hard to guess what happened...
Thank you for the update:
I have just registered a bug athttp://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10394as directed by you.
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