000909 r1 : a000000100fbbff0 r2 : 0000000000010002 r3 : 0000000000010001 r8 : fffffffffffbffff r9 : a000000100bd8060 r10 : a000000100dd83b8 r11 : fffffffffffeffff r12 : a000000100bcbbb0 r13 : a000000100bc4000 r14 : 0000000000010000 r15 : 0000000000010000 r16 : a000000100c01aa8 r17 : a000000100d2c350 r18 : 0000000000000000 r19 : a000000100d2c300 r20 : a000000100c01a88 r21 : 0000000080010100 r22 : a000000100c01ac0 r23 : a0000001000108e0 r24 : e000000477980004 r25 : 0000000000000000 r26 : 0000000000000000 r27 : e00000000913400c r28 : e0000004799ee51c r29 : e0000004778b87f0 r30 : a000000100d2c300 r31 : a00000010005c7e0 Call Trace: [] show_stack+0x40/0xa0 sp=a000000100bcb760 bsp=a000000100bc4f40 [] show_regs+0x840/0x880 sp=a000000100bcb930 bsp=a000000100bc4ee8 [] die+0x250/0x320 sp=a000000100bcb930 bsp=a000000100bc4ea0 [] ia64_do_page_fault+0x8d0/0xa20 sp=a000000100bcb950 bsp=a000000100bc4e50 [] ia64_leave_kernel+0x0/0x290 sp=a000000100bcb9e0 bsp=a000000100bc4e50 [] __do_IRQ+0x370/0x3e0 sp=a000000100bcbbb0 bsp=a000000100bc4df0 [] ia64_handle_irq+0x170/0x220 sp=a000000100bcbbb0 bsp=a000000100bc4dc0 [] ia64_leave_kernel+0x0/0x290 sp=a000000100bcbbb0 bsp=a000000100bc4dc0 [] ia64_pal_call_static+0x90/0xc0 sp=a000000100bcbd80 bsp=a000000100bc4d78 [] default_idle+0x90/0x160 sp=a000000100bcbd80 bsp=a000000100bc4d58 [] cpu_idle+0x1f0/0x440 sp=a000000100bcbe20 bsp=a000000100bc4d18 [] rest_init+0xc0/0xe0 sp=a000000100bcbe20 bsp=a000000100bc4d00 [] start_kernel+0x6a0/0x6c0 sp=a000000100bcbe20 bsp=a000000100bc4ca0 [] __end_ivt_text+0x6d0/0x6f0 sp=a000000100bcbe30 bsp=a000000100bc4c00 <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Aiee, killing interrupt handler! The root cause is that some irq_chip variables, especially ia64_msi_chip, initiate their memeber end to point to NULL. __do_IRQ doesn't check if irq_chip->end is null and just calls it after processing the interrupt. As irq_chip->end is called at many places, so I fix it by reinitiating irq_chip->end to dummy_irq_chip.end, e.g., a noop function. Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanmin Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: "Luck, Tony" Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds