| "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com> wrote:
| >
| > On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Andrew Morton wrote:
| >
| > > "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com> wrote:
| > > >
| > > > Linux version 2.4.18, after it runs for a few days, will panic
| > > > if I do `cat /proc/ioports`. Has this been reported/fixed in
| > > > later versions?
| > > >
| > > > : Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address d48e2fa0
| > >
| > > This means that some driver which was previously loaded forgot to do a
| > > release_region(). Later, the /proc code tries to read stuff from within the
| > > driver which isn't there any more and oopses.
| > >
| >
| > Yes. I just noticed that most network board drivers in version 2.4.18
| > do not execute release_region() after they have done a request_region(),
| > if they fail to install because of some error.
|
| Fairly common error.
|
| > The error in this case was
| > the failure to allocate memory because I told the kernel I only had 4
| > megabytes (exprimental ioremap() of the rest in another module).
| >
| > Is somebody fixing these drivers (do you know).
|
| There is ongoing janitorial work, and things are getting better.
| But I'm not aware of anyone specifically auditing for missing
| release_region()s. And given that it is a box-killer rather than
| just a memory leak, yes, it is worth an audit.
Dick,
Did you ever determine which driver (or module) was causing this problem?
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