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SubjectRe: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000000000000e (reset_prng_context)

* Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:

> i have just triggered this crash too. Please, when you know about
> bootup crashes in your code send a patch to the lkml thread so that
> people can apply it and have a working system.

here's the band-aid patch i'm using.

Ingo

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commit 3fdcd29e5c272c66424ac7616fcd4a9a725bc206
Author: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Date: Tue Jul 15 13:34:15 2008 +0200

crypto: exclude broken CRYPTO_PRNG code

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
---
crypto/Kconfig | 2 ++
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crypto/Kconfig b/crypto/Kconfig
index ea50357..2cf66ca 100644
--- a/crypto/Kconfig
+++ b/crypto/Kconfig
@@ -670,6 +670,8 @@ comment "Random Number Generation"

config CRYPTO_PRNG
tristate "Pseudo Random Number Generation for Cryptographic modules"
+ # causes bootup crashes with config-Tue_Jul_15_10_35_22_CEST_2008.bad
+ depends on 0
help
This option enables the generic pseudo random number generator
for cryptographic modules. Uses the Algorithm specified in

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