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From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [4.4 kernel] kni lockup, kernel dump
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 15:29:04 +0100
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On 4/13/2016 11:26 PM, ALeX Wang wrote:
> Did more experiment, found that it has nothing to do with the kernel
> version,
>=20
> It only happens when using kni module with '--no-huge' eal flag...
>=20
> Is that expected?
>=20

Yes.
KNI kernel module expects mempool is physically continuous, with
'--no-huge' flag this is no more true, and as a result KNI module can
access to incorrect address.

Regards,
ferruh