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From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix boot crash when freeing initrd memory
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:49:31 -0800
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James Morris wrote:
> I'm triggering this BUG_ON during boot, which happens while freeing initr=
d =

> memory:
>
>  EIP is at free_init_pages+0x37/0xac
>  [<c01143f1>] free_initrd_mem+0x11/0x13
>  [<c03ce259>] free_initrd+0x13/0x29
>  [<c03cf647>] populate_rootfs+0xdc/0xe2
>  [<c01003af>] init+0x42/0x253
>  [<c0103bbb>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10
>
>
> I'm not sure why this memory isn't aligned now.
>
> The patch below allows my system to boot.  Any clues about the correct fix
> appreciated.
>   =


Is this booting native or under Xen?  I put the BUG_ON in there since if =

it isn't page-aligned, freeing the page would seem to be freeing =

something else unexpectedly...  I think ChrisW was triggering this =

BUG_ON at one point, but I don't think we've worked out what's going on =

here.

    J