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Apr 11, 2012, 6:36 AM
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Re: Kernel Crash when starting up in au0828-video.c line 895
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On Apr 9, 2012, at 7:48 PM, Larry Finger wrote:
> On 04/09/2012 06:01 PM, jrh wrote:
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>> On Apr 8, 2012, at 10:36 PM, Larry Finger wrote:
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>>> On 04/08/2012 04:38 PM, jrh wrote:
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>>> As you have seen, someone did not like my patch. That frequently happens when you try to touch a new area of the kernel. Thus, we need to find the real bug before any patch is likely to be accepted.
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>>> To help debug the problem, I have prepared a new version of the patch. This one will still remove the BUG_ON, but it will also dump the stack whenever the code gets or frees AU0828_RESOURCE_VIDEO. I hope this shows where the imbalance occurs.
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>>> Larry
>>> <au0828_fix.txt>
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>> Larry, et al,
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>> I replied to you via email with the logs from the above patch.
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>> Hopefully it will shed some light.
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>> Regards!
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> I am not sure why it happens, but AU0828_RESOURCE_VIDEO is freed 3 times in the segment you posted and never assigned. It will take a while, but I will see if I can prepare a patch to help us.
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> I'm glad you were able to compile the revised patch. I hope we have as much success in making the driver work.
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> Larry
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Sounds like a plan!
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