Re: 2.5.73-mm1 falling over in SDET

[Andrew Morton]

"Martin J. Bligh" <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> The killer SDET has got you, but this is all I got from the chewed
> remains. Maybe the EIP is enough? ;-) I guess that's a NULL ptr
> dereference, though garbled somewhat.
> 
> Unable to handle kernel <1pa>Uginnabgl re eqtoue hsta ndatle  vikertrnuaell  NadULdrL espos inaftecr71 d11er0
> er penricent iantg v eiirtp:ua            ef
>  cad01drc4es37s a             l
> 000*0pd00e 0     0
> 00 p00ri00nt00in
> g Oeiopps: 0000 [#1]
> SMP 
> CPU:    -266755620
> EIP:    0060:[<c01c437a>]    Not tainted VLI
> EFLAGS: 00010083
> EIP is at drive_stat_acct+0x76/0xcc

Interesting CPU number.

The mangled output is supposed to be fixed.  Looks like it
only partially worked.  Why doesn't someone fix this?

No, it ain't a lot of use really.  Is it repeatable?  If
so does changing elevators make it go away?