Re: qemu-kvm-1.1.0 crashing with kernel 3.5.0-rc6

[Chris Clayton <chris2553@googlemail.com>]

Ping.

Have I committed a bug-reporting sin in the mail below or is everyone 
simply too busy to look at this kvm-related crash?

On 07/09/12 11:57, Chris Clayton wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I run WinXP SP3 through qemu-kvm-1.1.0 on linux kernel 3.5.0-rc6, I
> get a segmentation fault within 3 or 4 minutes maximum. In dmesg I see:
>
> qemu-kvm: sending ioctl 5326 to a partition!
> qemu-kvm: sending ioctl 801c0204 to a partition!
> qemu-kvm: sending ioctl 5326 to a partition!
> qemu-kvm: sending ioctl 801c0204 to a partition!
> qemu-kvm: sending ioctl 5326 to a partition!
> qemu-kvm: sending ioctl 801c0204 to a partition!
> qemu-kvm: sending ioctl 5326 to a partition!
> qemu-kvm: sending ioctl 801c0204 to a partition!
> qemu-kvm[860] general protection ip:b6abad77 sp:b52ff09c error:0 in
> libc-2.16.so[b697d000+1b4000]
>
> The crash does not occur with qemu-kvm-1.0.1 on rc6. Nor does it occur
> qemu-kvm-1.0.1 or qemu-kvm-1.1.0 on kernel 3.4.4. All three combinations
> survive for 15 minutes or more
>
> When I try to get a backtrace with gdb, the screen on which konsole and
> qemu are running locks up until I kill qemu in another console.
> Consequently I can't get a full BT, but, although probably not very
> helpful, what I did get is:
>
> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> [Switching to Thread 0xb6946b40 (LWP 506)]
> 0xb7705d77 in __strcmp_sse4_2 () from /lib/libc.so.6
> (gdb) bt
> #0  0xb7705d77 in __strcmp_sse4_2 () from /lib/libc.so.6
> #1  0xb7e8d6e3 in g_str_equal () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
> #2  0xb7e8c94c in g_hash_table_lookup () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
> Cannot access memory at address 0xb694610c
> (gdb)
>
> Note that the gdb and dmesg outputs above are not from the same crash
> instance.
>
> I'm not subscribed,so please cc me on any reply.
>
> Happy to provide any additional diagnostics (but may need help on how to
> get them) or test patches, etc
>
> Thanks
>
> Chris Clayton