Bug#536337: linux-image-2.6.30-1-amd64: nvclock operation results in 'freeing invalid memtype' log entries
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 07:14:03PM +0200, Edgar Sippel wrote:
> As to be seen below, this behaviour still continues after upgrading to latest version 2.6.30-2
> - every run of nvclock results in a bunch of logfile entries complaining about 'freeing invalid
> memtype'
This means that nvclock access some address space, which have no valid
definition. As it runs with root priviledges, it may do so via /dev/mem.
Access to PCI resources is now handled via
/sys/bus/pci/devices/$id/resource*.
> ** Tainted: P (1)
Using proprietary modules voids your waranty for the kernel.
Bastian
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