From: Akinobu Mita spu_coredump_calls.owner is NULL in case of a builtin spufs, so the checks in here break. Check for the availability of the spu_coredump_calls variable instead. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann Index: linux-2.6/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_coredump.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_coredump.c +++ linux-2.6/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_coredump.c @@ -26,19 +26,18 @@ #include -static struct spu_coredump_calls spu_coredump_calls; +static struct spu_coredump_calls *spu_coredump_calls; static DEFINE_MUTEX(spu_coredump_mutex); int arch_notes_size(void) { long ret; - struct module *owner = spu_coredump_calls.owner; ret = -ENOSYS; mutex_lock(&spu_coredump_mutex); - if (owner && try_module_get(owner)) { - ret = spu_coredump_calls.arch_notes_size(); - module_put(owner); + if (spu_coredump_calls && try_module_get(spu_coredump_calls->owner)) { + ret = spu_coredump_calls->arch_notes_size(); + module_put(spu_coredump_calls->owner); } mutex_unlock(&spu_coredump_mutex); return ret; @@ -46,36 +45,35 @@ int arch_notes_size(void) void arch_write_notes(struct file *file) { - struct module *owner = spu_coredump_calls.owner; - mutex_lock(&spu_coredump_mutex); - if (owner && try_module_get(owner)) { - spu_coredump_calls.arch_write_notes(file); - module_put(owner); + if (spu_coredump_calls && try_module_get(spu_coredump_calls->owner)) { + spu_coredump_calls->arch_write_notes(file); + module_put(spu_coredump_calls->owner); } mutex_unlock(&spu_coredump_mutex); } int register_arch_coredump_calls(struct spu_coredump_calls *calls) { - if (spu_coredump_calls.owner) - return -EBUSY; + int ret = 0; + mutex_lock(&spu_coredump_mutex); - spu_coredump_calls.arch_notes_size = calls->arch_notes_size; - spu_coredump_calls.arch_write_notes = calls->arch_write_notes; - spu_coredump_calls.owner = calls->owner; + if (spu_coredump_calls) + ret = -EBUSY; + else + spu_coredump_calls = calls; mutex_unlock(&spu_coredump_mutex); - return 0; + return ret; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_arch_coredump_calls); void unregister_arch_coredump_calls(struct spu_coredump_calls *calls) { - BUG_ON(spu_coredump_calls.owner != calls->owner); + BUG_ON(spu_coredump_calls != calls); mutex_lock(&spu_coredump_mutex); - spu_coredump_calls.owner = NULL; + spu_coredump_calls = NULL; mutex_unlock(&spu_coredump_mutex); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_arch_coredump_calls); --