Re: [Libusb-devel] Kernel bug message and missing data on libusb_interrupt_transfer

From: Oncaphillis
Date: Tue Apr 05 2011 - 11:15:46 EST


On 04/05/2011 04:54 PM, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
I'm in an environment where we are
reluctant to switch between versions. I had a hard time to
Pid: 14293, comm: E25Stress Tainted: G D 2.6.30.10 #2 To Be
Filled By O.E.M.
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8028d2f8>] [<ffffffff8028d2f8>] kfree+0x7c/0xdb
Suprisingly now the kernel is reported as tainted although there isn't
any module inserted the
That is not true; "G" means you have loaded a (GPL-compatible) module.
"D" means the kernel died. It died because it tried to dealloc memory
using a bad pointer, perhaps a null pointer.

Your kernel is two years old, you should try a current kernel.



Thanks -- Didn't know anything about the 'G D' convention. Although
/proc/modules is empty (I don't have lsmod on the target system).

We already have tried 2.6.36.x coming up with the same error.
Alan Stern recommended testing 2.6.3(8|9-rc1) which I'm currently doing.

O.

Segher

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