Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote:
> Jan Kiszka wrote:
>  > This patch addresses two issues:
>  > 
>  >  - fixes boot hang with CONFIG_IPIPE_TRACE, !CONFIG_IPIPE_TRACE_VMALLOC,
>  >    and large CONFIG_NR_CPUS (due to the huge trace buffers this implies,
>  >    even if the system has only a few CPUs in fact)
> 
> This is something I observed even on UP systems: the kernel does not
> boot on ARM if CONFIG_IPIPE_TRACE_VMALLOC is not selected.
> 

Yeah, well known, that's why we have vmalloc'ed trace buffers.

I just wondered again if this is an arch-specific issue, or if it
depends on the RAM size. If it is arch-specific, you are welcome to
change the default of IPIPE_TRACE_VMALLOC ("default y if ARM || ...").
Or reduce IPIPE_TRACE_SHIFT for ARM, given there is a reasonable value
(/wrt to the tracer) your boards still boot with.

Jan