Re: [BUG] NULL deref in swapin_readahead

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Fri Nov 11 2011 - 18:55:25 EST


Hi!

> >Well, the trace doesn't indicate how the problem is related to the
> >suspend/resume code paths.
> >
> >Is this a regression for you?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Rafael
> Hi Rafael,
>
> This problem manifests itself when resuming from RAM, but only very
> infrequently. This is the third occurrence since I started using
> this machine three months ago. I suspend it to RAM at least twice a
> day. The previous two occurrences were on 3.0. So not a clear
> regression in that sense. (Note this is from memory, I didn't record
> those other two oopses)
>
> However, since it happens immediately upon resume, I suspected it
> was related. Would you have any tips for stress testing resumes? If
> I can increase the reproducibility then I could try to bisect it.

It should be possible to configure machine for Wake-on-lan on
wake-on-rtc, then run s2ram in a loop...
Pavel

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