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..........!.....\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................\n  backtrace:\n    [<ffffffffb324f557>] __kmalloc+0x47/0x120\n    [<ffffffffb39ef37d>] hci_codec_list_add.isra.0+0x2d/0x160\n    [<ffffffffb39ef643>] hci_read_codec_capabilities+0x183/0x270\n    [<ffffffffb39ef9ab>] hci_read_supported_codecs+0x1bb/0x2d0\n    [<ffffffffb39f162e>] hci_read_local_codecs_sync+0x3e/0x60\n    [<ffffffffb39ff1b3>] hci_dev_open_sync+0x943/0x11e0\n    [<ffffffffb396d55d>] hci_power_on+0x10d/0x3f0\n    [<ffffffffb30c99b4>] process_one_work+0x404/0x800\n    [<ffffffffb30ca134>] worker_thread+0x374/0x670\n    [<ffffffffb30d9108>] kthread+0x188/0x1c0\n    [<ffffffffb304db6b>] ret_from_fork+0x2b/0x50\n    [<ffffffffb300206a>] 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