Hi, I am getting a "Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000" when i tried to boot up with a linux kernel 2.6.24 patched with android.Can anyone provide some help on where i am going wrong. The error message is as follows :
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000 pgd = c0004000 [00000000] *pgd=00000000 Internal error: Oops: 5 [#1] Modules linked in: CPU: 0 Not tainted (2.6.24 #5) PC is at __rcu_process_callbacks+0x1ac/0x270 LR is at free_task+0x38/0x40 pc : [<c00b2e3c>] lr : [<c009fab0>] psr: 80000113 sp : c7819c90 ip : c7803620 fp : c7819cac r10: 00000000 r9 : c03ee1b8 r8 : 00000001 r7 : c03ecec0 r6 : 00000005 r5 : 00000000 r4 : c03ee17c r3 : 0000000a r2 : 00000000 r1 : c78165e0 r0 : c7803620 Flags: Nzcv IRQs on FIQs on Mode SVC_32 ISA ARM Segment kernel Control: 00c5387f Table: 50004008 DAC: 00000017 Process swapper (pid: 1, stack limit = 0xc7818260) Stack: (0xc7819c90 to 0xc781a000) 9c80: c00aa5e8 00000000 c03ecec0 c03ecee4 9ca0: c7819cbc c7819cb0 c00b2f18 c00b2c9c c7819cdc c7819cc0 c00a648c c00b2f0c 9cc0: c03ecec0 c03ecf24 00000001 00000009 c7819d0c c7819ce0 c00a68c0 c00a641c 9ce0: 0000001c c03c394c 0000001c 00000000 c7837400 a0000013 00000000 00000000 9d00: c7819d1c c7819d10 c00a6964 c00a686c c7819d3c c7819d20 c008704c c00a692c 9d20: c7816e50 ffffffff f4700000 10000000 c7819dac c7819d40 c0087ad0 c008700c 9d40: c05296e0 c7800540 00000003 00000006 c7805360 c783a9e0 c783a9e0 c7837400 9d60: a0000013 00000000 00000000 c7819dac c7819db0 c7819d88 c02920e4 c00e3d18 9d80: 40000013 ffffffff c7818000 00000000 c783a9e0 c783a9e0 00000000 c781d000 9da0: c7819dcc c7819db0 c02920e4 c00e3be4 c7819e0c 00000000 c783a9e0 c783a9e0 9dc0: c7819de4 c7819dd0 c029237c c0292038 c783a9e0 00000000 c7819dfc c7819de8 9de0: c0291f14 c02922b8 c0192d38 c783a9e0 c7819e0c c7819e00 c0291ff8 c0291f08 9e00: c7819e5c c7819e10 c02a88a0 c0291fbc c783aa78 00000000 c7837800 c0431a00 9e20: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000001 c7819e50 c783a9e0 00000018 00000000 9e40: 00000006 c781d000 c0384499 c783748f c7819eb4 c7819e60 c018edbc c02a85a8 9e60: 000000d0 c7819e70 c0125aa8 00000000 c783b240 c036faad 00000000 00000001 9e80: c03bcf00 c03bcf20 c03bce98 00000038 c03bce98 c03bce90 c03bcf20 00000000 9ea0: 00000000 c03bcf00 c7819ec4 c7819eb8 c018eeac c018ead0 c7819f04 c7819ec8 9ec0: c01d3de0 c018eea4 c0025494 c03bcf20 c03ccde8 00000000 c7819efc 00000038 9ee0: 00000002 c03bce90 c03bcf20 c7818000 00000000 c0024404 c7819f2c c7819f08 9f00: c01d78dc c01d3a68 c7819f2c c7819f18 c03bce90 c0025494 00000000 0000001b 9f20: c7819f44 c7819f30 c01d7954 c01d77e8 00000001 0000000f c7819f64 c7819f48 9f40: c01d7b5c c01d793c 00000000 c0023704 00000000 00000000 c7819f7c c7819f68 9f60: c001137c c01d7b44 00000000 00000000 c7819f8c c7819f80 c000f08c c0011350 9f80: c7819ff4 c7819f90 c0008628 c000f078 c7819fac c7819fa0 c009eec4 c009ed68 9fa0: 00000001 c7819fb0 c0087ee4 c009eeb8 00000000 00000000 c0008548 c00a48f4 9fc0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 9fe0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 c7819ff8 c00a48f4 c0008554 00000000 00000000 Backtrace: [<c00b2c90>] (__rcu_process_callbacks+0x0/0x270) from [<c00b2f18>] (rcu_process_ callbacks+0x18/0x38) r6:c03ecee4 r5:c03ecec0 r4:00000000 [<c00b2f00>] (rcu_process_callbacks+0x0/0x38) from [<c00a648c>] (tasklet_action+ 0x7c/0xc0) [<c00a6410>] (tasklet_action+0x0/0xc0) from [<c00a68c0>] (__do_softirq +0x60/0xc0 ) r6:00000009 r5:00000001 r4:c03ecf24 [<c00a6860>] (__do_softirq+0x0/0xc0) from [<c00a6964>] (irq_exit +0x44/0x4c) [<c00a6920>] (irq_exit+0x0/0x4c) from [<c008704c>] (__exception_text_start+0x4c/ 0x64) [<c0087000>] (__exception_text_start+0x0/0x64) from [<c0087ad0>] (__irq_svc+0x30 /0x80) Exception stack(0xc7819d40 to 0xc7819d88) 9d40: c05296e0 c7800540 00000003 00000006 c7805360 c783a9e0 c783a9e0 c7837400 9d60: a0000013 00000000 00000000 c7819dac c7819db0 c7819d88 c02920e4 c00e3d18 9d80: 40000013 ffffffff r6:10000000 r5:f4700000 r4:ffffffff [<c00e3bd8>] (kfree+0x0/0x150) from [<c02920e4>] (skb_release_data +0xb8/0xc0) r8:c781d000 r7:00000000 r6:c783a9e0 r5:c783a9e0 r4:00000000 [<c029202c>] (skb_release_data+0x0/0xc0) from [<c029237c>] (skb_release_all+0xd0 /0xec) r6:c783a9e0 r5:c783a9e0 r4:00000000 [<c02922ac>] (skb_release_all+0x0/0xec) from [<c0291f14>] (__kfree_skb +0x18/0xb4 ) r5:00000000 r4:c783a9e0 [<c0291efc>] (__kfree_skb+0x0/0xb4) from [<c0291ff8>] (kfree_skb +0x48/0x4c) r4:c783a9e0 [<c0291fb0>] (kfree_skb+0x0/0x4c) from [<c02a88a0>] (netlink_broadcast +0x304/0x3 a0) [<c02a859c>] (netlink_broadcast+0x0/0x3a0) from [<c018edbc>] (kobject_uevent_env +0x2f8/0x3d4) [<c018eac4>] (kobject_uevent_env+0x0/0x3d4) from [<c018eeac>] (kobject_uevent+0x 14/0x18) [<c018ee98>] (kobject_uevent+0x0/0x18) from [<c01d3de0>] (device_add +0x384/0x5f4 ) [<c01d3a5c>] (device_add+0x0/0x5f4) from [<c01d78dc>] (platform_device_add+0x100 /0x154) [<c01d77dc>] (platform_device_add+0x0/0x154) from [<c01d7954>] (platform_device_ register+0x24/0x28) r7:0000001b r6:00000000 r5:c0025494 r4:c03bce90 [<c01d7930>] (platform_device_register+0x0/0x28) from [<c01d7b5c>] (platform_add _devices+0x24/0x68) r4:0000000f [<c01d7b38>] (platform_add_devices+0x0/0x68) from [<c001137c>] (smdk6410_machine _init+0x38/0x118) r7:00000000 r6:00000000 r5:c0023704 r4:00000000 [<c0011344>] (smdk6410_machine_init+0x0/0x118) from [<c000f08c>] (customize_mach ine+0x20/0x2c) r4:00000000 [<c000f06c>] (customize_machine+0x0/0x2c) from [<c0008628>] (kernel_init+0xe0/0x 2ac) [<c0008548>] (kernel_init+0x0/0x2ac) from [<c00a48f4>] (do_exit +0x0/0x788) Code: e5942024 e3520000 099da870 e3a06000 (e5925000) Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: android-kernel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---