Re: Kernel Oops with kvm 66 running WinXP

[Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>]

Izik Eidus wrote:
> Michal Ludvig wrote:
>   
>> Avi Kivity wrote:
>>     
>>> Avi Kivity wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Michal Ludvig wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I've experienced a kernel Oops on 2.6.24 with kvm 66 on AMD in 64bit 
>>>>> mode while starting up WinXP:
>>>>>
>>>>> The host is still alive but the XP guest is locked up in a boot screen.
>>>>>           
>> Hi again, just wanted to let you know that I still get this Oops with 
>> kvm-68. It comes a bit later, not during the boot but after the XP 
>> desktop comes up. As there were some changes in kernel/x86_emulate.c the 
>> patch you provided for kvm-66 can't be applied anymore.
>>
>> loaded kvm module (kvm-68)
>> kvm: emulating exchange as write
>> Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000000 RIP:
>>   [<ffffffff88373b4a>] :kvm:x86_emulate_insn+0x3fa/0x4240
>> PGD 3145e067 PUD 409b9067 PMD 0
>> Oops: 0002 [1] SMP
>> CPU 0
>> Modules linked in: kvm_amd kvm reiserfs tun bridge llc nfsd lockd 
>> nfs_acl auth_rpcgss sunrpc exportfs iptable_filter ip_tables autofs4 
>> snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss w83627ehf snd_seq snd_seq_device hwmon_vid 
>> ip6table_filter ip6_tables x_tables af_packet ipv6 fuse ext2 loop 
>> snd_hda_intel snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore snd_page_alloc sr_mod 
>> k8temp hwmon i2c_nforce2 button i2c_core cdrom forcedeth sg floppy 
>> linear ehci_hcd ohci_hcd sd_mod usbcore dm_snapshot edd dm_mod fan 
>> sata_nv pata_amd libata scsi_mod thermal processor
>> Pid: 14776, comm: qemu-system-x86 Not tainted 2.6.24-mludvig #1
>> RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff88373b4a>]  [<ffffffff88373b4a>] 
>> :kvm:x86_emulate_insn+0x3fa/0x4240
>> RSP: 0018:ffff81007d52fc18  EFLAGS: 00010246
>> RAX: 000000008001003b RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000
>> RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff810079c5c000
>> RBP: ffff810079c5d320 R08: ffff810079c5d3c0 R09: 0000000000000006
>> R10: 0000000000000002 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff810079c5d368
>> R13: ffff810079c5d3c0 R14: ffffffff8838ab20 R15: 00000000019d1353
>> FS:  0000000040800950(0063) GS:ffffffff8053e000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
>> CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
>> CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000007985a000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
>> DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
>> DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
>> Process qemu-system-x86 (pid: 14776, threadinfo ffff81007d52e000, task 
>> ffff81003f4e6780)
>> Stack:  000000007d52fc74 0000000011fda618 000000000f399068 ffff810079c5d3c0
>>   ffff81007d52fc94 ffffffff88368ae0 0000000000000000 ffff810079c5c000
>>   ffff810079c5d320 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
>> Call Trace:
>>   [<ffffffff88368ae0>] :kvm:seg_desct_to_kvm_desct+0x40/0xb0
>>     
>
> ok, if we are here it mean windows did task switch,
> and if windows did task switch it mean something was probably wrong before.
>
>   

We need to fix the oops regardless.


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