Re: PROBLEM: [2.4.6] kernel BUG at softirq.c:206!

[Manfred H. Winter]

Hi Andrew!

On Fri, 06 Jul 2001, Andrew Morton wrote:

> > Okay, here's the output of gdb:
> > 
> > (gdb) x/10i 0xc0118028
> > 0xc0118028 <bh_action>: mov    0x4(%esp,1),%eax
> > 0xc011802c <bh_action+4>:       cmpl   $0x0,0xc025c2e4
> > 0xc0118033 <bh_action+11>:      jne    0xc0118043 <bh_action+27>
> > 0xc0118035 <bh_action+13>:      mov    0xc024af20(,%eax,4),%eax
> > 0xc011803c <bh_action+20>:      test   %eax,%eax
> > 0xc011803e <bh_action+22>:      je     0xc0118042 <bh_action+26>
> > 0xc0118040 <bh_action+24>:      call   *%eax
> > 0xc0118042 <bh_action+26>:      ret
> > 0xc0118043 <bh_action+27>:      lea    (%eax,%eax,4),%eax
> > 0xc0118046 <bh_action+30>:      lea    0xc025bf80(,%eax,4),%eax
> > 
> 
> Well I guess it tells us it's not random uninitialised
> crud.
> 
> Just for interest: what happens if you swap around the lines
> 
>         time_init();
>         softirq_init();
> 
> in init/main.c?
> 

That works, kernel boots now without problems.

Thanks,

Manfred
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