Re: PROBLEM: 4.1.4 -- Kernel Panic on shutdown

[Ron Murray <rjmx@rjmx.net>]

On 08/09/2015 09:48 AM, Laura Abbott wrote:
> On 08/07/2015 07:07 PM, Ron Murray wrote:
>> On 08/07/2015 10:55 AM, Laura Abbott wrote:
>>>
>>> There was a similar report about a crash on reboot with 4.1.3[1]
>>> where that reporter linked it to a bluetooth mouse. Hopefully this
>>> isn't a red herring but it might be a similar report?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Laura
>>>
>>> [1]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248741
>>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion. I don't have a bluetooth mouse (although it
>> is wireless), but I do have a bluetooth keyboard. And -- surprise! -- I
>> don't get a crash when I leave the keyboard turned off.
>>
>> It seems to me that there are at least two possibilities here:
>>
>> 1. Something in the bluetooth stack causes some kind of memory
>> corruption
>>
>> or
>>
>> 2. The corruption is caused by something else, and using bluetooth
>> shifts it into a memory range where it causes crashes (we already know
>> that it's very touchy).
>>
>> Do you know if the original poster in the Red Hat bug report solved the
>> problem, or did he just give up using bluetooth?
>>
>> Suggestions for further faultfinding appreciated.
>>
>>   .....Ron
>>
>>
>
>
> There was a report of HID corruption, can you try the patch at
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/jikos/hid.git/commit/?id=0621809e37936e7c2b3eac9165cf2aad7f9189eb
>
>
> Thanks,
> Laura

That patch does seem to have fixed the problem (at least, I don't now
get a crash on shutdown).

Thanks,

 .....Ron

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