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linux-mvl-dove package

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000002

Bug #530404 reported by Paul Larson on 2010-03-02

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	High	Eric Miao	Ubuntu ubuntu-10.04-beta-2
	Lucid	Fix Released	High	Eric Miao	Ubuntu ubuntu-10.04-beta-2

Bug Description

Can be easily reproduced by just running mplayer on dove

ProblemType: KernelOops
Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be restarted.
Architecture: armel
Date: Mon Mar 1 18:05:59 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Failure: oops
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha armel+dove (20100224.1)
Package: linux-image-2.6.32-201-dove 2.6.32-201.11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-201.11-hostname
SourcePackage: linux-mvl-dove
Title: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000002
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-201-dove armv7l

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lp://staging/ubuntu/lucid/linux-mvl-dove

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Paul Larson (pwlars) wrote on 2010-03-02:

Dependencies.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
OopsText.txt Edit (2.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Paul Larson (pwlars) wrote on 2010-03-02:

When I run it, I lose all input devices and the system seems hung, but the led counter keeps rolling

Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu):
assignee:	nobody → Eric Miao (eric.y.miao)
importance:	Undecided → High
Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Lucid):
milestone:	none → ubuntu-10.04-beta-1

Tobin Davis (gruemaster) on 2010-03-02

Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Lucid):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Tobin Davis (gruemaster) wrote on 2010-03-02:

dove-sound-oops.txt Edit (12.9 KiB, text/plain)

Here is more output from the kernel oops.

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Tobin Davis (gruemaster) wrote on 2010-03-02:

mplayer-strace.txt Edit (102.8 KiB, text/plain)

Here is the strace output from mplayer. Command was: strace mplayer 2>&1

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Saeed Bishara (saeed-marvell) wrote on 2010-03-07:

The bug is a double call to dma_free_writecombine to dma_desc_array buffer. the happens when soc_pcm_open fails on asoc: AC97 <-> pxa2xx-lfe-ac97 No matching rates.
the dma buffer above get freed first time in the same function at
codec_dai_err:
if (platform->pcm_ops->close)
platform->pcm_ops->close(substream);
The second time is when snd_pcm_open_substream fails and calls snd_pcm_release_substream.

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Saeed Bishara (saeed-marvell) wrote on 2010-03-07:

any idea why playback devices (pxa2xx-surround-ac97) and pxa2xx-lfe-ac97 are open as capture devices?

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Saeed Bishara (saeed-marvell) wrote on 2010-03-09:

0001-sound-skip-error-handling-inside-soc_pcm_open.patch Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain)

This patch for the dove kernel can fix this bug.

Paul Larson (pwlars) on 2010-03-10

tags:

added: patch

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Eric Miao (eric.y.miao) wrote on 2010-03-11:

I've put a test kernel in http://people.canonical.com/~ycmiao/lp530404/,
seems to be OK. Please test.

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Tobin Davis (gruemaster) wrote on 2010-03-12:

Well, this fixes the mplayer system crash issue. Doesn't resolve the audio issues on dove, but at least it no longer hangs.

Tobin Davis (gruemaster) on 2010-03-17

Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Lucid):
status:	Confirmed → Fix Released

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Tobin Davis (gruemaster) wrote on 2010-03-17:

#10

Oops. Thought the fix would have been released before beta 1. Unfortunately, the problem still exists, indicating that it hasn't been released yet.

Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Lucid):
status:	Fix Released → Confirmed

Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa) on 2010-03-17

tags:

added: iso-testing

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote on 2010-03-19:

#11

Moving the milestone to beta-2. What's the ETA for having this uploaded to the archive?

Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Lucid):
milestone:	ubuntu-10.04-beta-1 → ubuntu-10.04-beta-2

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Eric Miao (eric.y.miao) wrote on 2010-03-19:

#12

Unfortunately, this missed the beta-1. The fix, however, has been pushed, and will be uploaded once the kernel freeze is over.

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Andy Whitcroft (apw) wrote on 2010-03-19:

#13

Applied to lucid mvl-dove.

Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Lucid):
status:	Confirmed → Fix Committed

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote on 2010-03-26:

#14

When is the next linux-mvl-dove upload scheduled?

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2010-03-26:

#15

This bug was fixed in the package linux-mvl-dove - 2.6.32-202.14

---------------
linux-mvl-dove (2.6.32-202.14) lucid; urgency=low

[ Andy Whitcroft ]

* rules -- allow architecture configurations to be missing

[ Eric Miao ]

* [Config]: Make UIO_DOVE_VMETA driver builtin
- LP: #541921

[ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * sound: skip error handling inside soc_pcm_open
    - LP: #530404
  * DVS: Fixed a potential conflict of defining dvs_enable as global for
    two diffrent baords
    - LP: #537311
  * rt5611_ts: swap touchscreen Y axis
    - LP: #537311
  * dove: fix section mismatch error
    - LP: #537311
-- Stefan Bader <email address hidden> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:53:03 +0100