Jiri Slaby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Hi Jiri, >> >> I've figured out that both old and new mxser drivers have two similar >> problems: >> >> 1. When there are data coming to a port, sometimes opening of the port >> entirely locks the box. This is quite reproducible. Any idea what's >> wrong and how can I help to debug it? > > Could you test the patch below, if something changes?
I've tested the latest version you've sent me yesterday. Still no luck. The oops is below. I'll try with low_latency commented in a few minutes. BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000068 printing eip: f8f3711f *pde = 00000000 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP Modules linked in: nvidia agpgart ipv6 nfs lockd nfs_acl sunrpc dm_mod sr_mod sbp2 ieee1394 ide_generic ide_disk e1000 snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss i2c_i801 psmouse snd_pcm floppy tsdev serio_raw snd_timer parport_pc parport snd i2c_core pcspkr evdev soundcore snd_page_alloc mxser_new rtc ext3 jbd mbcache sd_mod ide_cd cdrom usb_storage usbhid ata_piix libata piix scsi_mod generic uhci_hcd ide_core usbcore skge thermal processor fan CPU: 0 EIP: 0060:[<f8f3711f>] Tainted: P VLI EFLAGS: 00010246 (2.6.18-3-686 #1) EIP is at mxser_stoprx+0x54/0x74 [mxser_new] eax: 00000000 ebx: 00000001 ecx: f8f3d79c edx: dfde7240 esi: f391211b edi: f4f83fff ebp: c1b17800 esp: f5bc7d7c ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 Process make (pid: 17088, ti=f5bc6000 task=f4febaa0 task.ti=f5bc6000) Stack: 00000001 c01fe4af 000000ff f391201c c1b17c04 c011669e 00000000 00000000 00000003 00000096 c1b1780c 00000286 00000001 00000096 c01f97c9 00000000 f456f800 00000286 f8f38335 f5bc7e14 f8f3d8a8 00000286 c01f9806 f456f800 Call Trace: [<c01fe4af>] n_tty_receive_buf+0xcd6/0xcf9 [<c011669e>] __wake_up+0x2a/0x3d [<c01f97c9>] tty_ldisc_deref+0x50/0x5f [<f8f38335>] mxser_receive_chars+0x241/0x249 [mxser_new] [<c01f9806>] tty_ldisc_try+0x2e/0x32 [<c01f9d4c>] flush_to_ldisc+0x12f/0x15c [<c01f9793>] tty_ldisc_deref+0x1a/0x5f [<f8f38335>] mxser_receive_chars+0x241/0x249 [mxser_new] [<f8f37678>] mxser_transmit_chars+0x14/0x164 [mxser_new] [<c01f9d21>] flush_to_ldisc+0x104/0x15c [<f8f38335>] mxser_receive_chars+0x241/0x249 [mxser_new] [<f8f38d7a>] mxser_interrupt+0x15f/0x1e6 [mxser_new] [<c013fb83>] handle_IRQ_event+0x23/0x49 [<c013fc3c>] __do_IRQ+0x93/0xe8 [<c01050e5>] do_IRQ+0x43/0x52 [<c01036b6>] common_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 [<c01bacf4>] __copy_from_user_ll+0x19/0x38 [<c01071de>] convert_fxsr_from_user+0x15/0xd5 [<c0164bc8>] pipe_read+0x0/0x1e [<c010774e>] restore_i387+0x6f/0xc0 [<c0102203>] restore_sigcontext+0x10f/0x165 [<c0102b3d>] sys_sigreturn+0xa4/0xcb [<c0102c7b>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb Code: 83 e0 ee 89 41 3c 25 ee 00 00 00 42 eb 19 0f b6 42 1a 8b 51 08 89 41 38 31 c0 42 ee 89 d8 83 c8 02 89 41 3c 0f b6 c0 ee 8b 41 04 <8b> 40 68 83 78 08 00 79 15 8b 41 40 8b 51 08 83 e0 fd 89 41 40 EIP: [<f8f3711f>] mxser_stoprx+0x54/0x74 [mxser_new] SS:ESP 0068:f5bc7d7c <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/