Re: [Bug 11046] New: Kernel bug in mm/bootmem.c on Sparc machines

Re: [Bug 11046] New: Kernel bug in mm/bootmem.c on Sparc machines

[Andrew Morton]

(switched to email.  Please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via the
bugzilla web interface).

On Sun,  6 Jul 2008 13:02:28 -0700 (PDT) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:

> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id\x11046
> 
>            Summary: Kernel bug in mm/bootmem.c on Sparc machines
>            Product: Memory Management
>            Version: 2.5
>      KernelVersion: 2.6.25.10
>           Platform: All
>         OS/Version: Linux
>               Tree: Mainline
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: blocking
>           Priority: P1
>          Component: Other
>         AssignedTo: akpm@osdl.org
>         ReportedBy: lomp0101@gmx.net
> 
> 
> Latest working kernel version:
> Earliest failing kernel version:
> Distribution: 
> Hardware Environment: Sparc Blade B100s ( Ultra Sparc IIe 650 Mhz )
> Software Environment: 
> Problem Description: Kernel Bug
> 
> Steps to reproduce: Create default kernel config for Sparc. Change this config
> that the kernel can do rarpd and change the network driver to be included in
> kernel (Cassini). Well set the kernel to be loaded over the net via tftpboot. I
> di this on my other Sparc machines and it worked there.
> 
> Here is the BUG:
> 
> [    0.000000] PROMLIB: Sun IEEE Boot Prom 'OBP 4.11.5 2003/11/12 10:40'
> [    0.000000] PROMLIB: Root node compatible: 
> [    0.000000] Linux version 2.6.25.10 (root@sparc1) (gcc version 4.1.2
> 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)) #5 SMP Sun Jul 6 21:05:42 CEST 2008
> [    0.000000] console [earlyprom0] enabled
> [    0.000000] ARCH: SUN4U
> [    0.000000] Ethernet address: 00:03:ba:7a:f3:d6
> [    0.000000] Kernel: Using 2 locked TLB entries for main kernel image.
> [    0.000000] Remapping the kernel... done.
> [    0.000000] kernel BUG at mm/bootmem.c:125!
> [    0.000000]               \|/ ____ \|/
> [    0.000000]               "@'/ .. \`@"
> [    0.000000]               /_| \__/ |_\
> [    0.000000]                  \__U_/
> [    0.000000] swapper(0): Kernel bad sw trap 5 [#1]
> [    0.000000] TSTATE: 0000000080f01604 TPC: 00000000007ae2c4 TNPC:
> 00000000007ae2c8 Y: 00000000    Not tainted
> [    0.000000] TPC: <reserve_bootmem_core+0x38/0xd8>
> [    0.000000] g0: 0000000000000000 g1: 0000000000000001 g2: 000000000075ac00
> g3: 000000000075afa8
> [    0.000000] g4: 00000000007563c0 g5: 0000000000000000 g6: 00000000007523c0
> g7: 0000000000000000
> [    0.000000] o0: 0000000000000032 o1: 00000000007044e0 o2: 000000000000007d
> o3: fffff80000438000
> [    0.000000] o4: 0000000000000000 o5: 000000000075ef80 sp: 00000000007557c1
> ret_pc: 00000000007ae2bc
> [    0.000000] RPC: <reserve_bootmem_core+0x30/0xd8>
> [    0.000000] l0: 000000000075ef50 l1: 0000000000000030 l2: 0000000000000000
> l3: 0000000000000010
> [    0.000000] l4: 0000000000000000 l5: 0000000000000010 l6: 0000000000000000
> l7: 0000000000000000
> [    0.000000] i0: 000000000081c5c0 i1: 0000000000438000 i2: 0000000000000000
> i3: 0000000000000000
> [    0.000000] i4: 0000000000000000 i5: 0000000000438000 i6: 0000000000755881
> i7: 00000000007ab7c8
> [    0.000000] I7: <paging_init+0xd50/0xee8>
> [    0.000000] Caller[00000000007ab7c8]: paging_init+0xd50/0xee8
> [    0.000000] Caller[00000000007a3da0]: setup_arch+0x2d8/0x2e0
> [    0.000000] Caller[00000000007a0810]: start_kernel+0x7c/0x300
> [    0.000000] Caller[00000000006860f0]: auxio_probe+0x0/0xd0
> [    0.000000] Caller[0000000000000000]: 0x8
> [    0.000000] Instruction DUMP: 11001c11  7ff1ee23  901220e0 <91d02005>
> 8406401a  b5307033  8200801a  8330700d  80a04003 
> [    0.000000] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task!
> [    0.000000] Press Stop-A (L1-A) to return to the boot prom
> 
> 
> Any help would be nice. If you need further information please tell me.
> This is my firs bug report and i hope i did it right.
> 

Re: [Bug 11046] New: Kernel bug in mm/bootmem.c on Sparc machines

[David Miller]

From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 13:20:49 -0700

> On Sun,  6 Jul 2008 13:02:28 -0700 (PDT) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:
> 
> > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id\x11046
 ...
> > Here is the BUG:
> > 
> > [    0.000000] PROMLIB: Sun IEEE Boot Prom 'OBP 4.11.5 2003/11/12 10:40'
> > [    0.000000] PROMLIB: Root node compatible: 
> > [    0.000000] Linux version 2.6.25.10 (root@sparc1) (gcc version 4.1.2
> > 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)) #5 SMP Sun Jul 6 21:05:42 CEST 2008
> > [    0.000000] console [earlyprom0] enabled
> > [    0.000000] ARCH: SUN4U
> > [    0.000000] Ethernet address: 00:03:ba:7a:f3:d6
> > [    0.000000] Kernel: Using 2 locked TLB entries for main kernel image.
> > [    0.000000] Remapping the kernel... done.
> > [    0.000000] kernel BUG at mm/bootmem.c:125!

This can only happen if you attach a zero-sized initrd to the kernel.

I see platforms like x86 sometimes have explicit checks for a zero
size to guard reserve_bootmem() and similar calls, but if that's what
callers are all going to do doesn't it make better sense for
reserve_bootmem_core() to just return instead of BUG on a zero size
argument?

Re: [Bug 11046] New: Kernel bug in mm/bootmem.c on Sparc machines

[David Miller]

From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 13:20:49 -0700

> On Sun,  6 Jul 2008 13:02:28 -0700 (PDT) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:
> 
> > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11046
 ...
> > Here is the BUG:
> > 
> > [    0.000000] PROMLIB: Sun IEEE Boot Prom 'OBP 4.11.5 2003/11/12 10:40'
> > [    0.000000] PROMLIB: Root node compatible: 
> > [    0.000000] Linux version 2.6.25.10 (root@sparc1) (gcc version 4.1.2
> > 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)) #5 SMP Sun Jul 6 21:05:42 CEST 2008
> > [    0.000000] console [earlyprom0] enabled
> > [    0.000000] ARCH: SUN4U
> > [    0.000000] Ethernet address: 00:03:ba:7a:f3:d6
> > [    0.000000] Kernel: Using 2 locked TLB entries for main kernel image.
> > [    0.000000] Remapping the kernel... done.
> > [    0.000000] kernel BUG at mm/bootmem.c:125!

This can only happen if you attach a zero-sized initrd to the kernel.

I see platforms like x86 sometimes have explicit checks for a zero
size to guard reserve_bootmem() and similar calls, but if that's what
callers are all going to do doesn't it make better sense for
reserve_bootmem_core() to just return instead of BUG on a zero size
argument?

Re: [Bug 11046] New: Kernel bug in mm/bootmem.c on Sparc machines

[Andrew Morton]

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:25:33 -0700 (PDT) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:

> From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 13:20:49 -0700
> 
> > On Sun,  6 Jul 2008 13:02:28 -0700 (PDT) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:
> > 
> > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id\x11046
>  ...
> > > Here is the BUG:
> > > 
> > > [    0.000000] PROMLIB: Sun IEEE Boot Prom 'OBP 4.11.5 2003/11/12 10:40'
> > > [    0.000000] PROMLIB: Root node compatible: 
> > > [    0.000000] Linux version 2.6.25.10 (root@sparc1) (gcc version 4.1.2
> > > 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)) #5 SMP Sun Jul 6 21:05:42 CEST 2008
> > > [    0.000000] console [earlyprom0] enabled
> > > [    0.000000] ARCH: SUN4U
> > > [    0.000000] Ethernet address: 00:03:ba:7a:f3:d6
> > > [    0.000000] Kernel: Using 2 locked TLB entries for main kernel image.
> > > [    0.000000] Remapping the kernel... done.
> > > [    0.000000] kernel BUG at mm/bootmem.c:125!
> 
> This can only happen if you attach a zero-sized initrd to the kernel.
> 
> I see platforms like x86 sometimes have explicit checks for a zero
> size to guard reserve_bootmem() and similar calls, but if that's what
> callers are all going to do doesn't it make better sense for
> reserve_bootmem_core() to just return instead of BUG on a zero size
> argument?

Sounds logical.

Johannes just rewrote the bootmem code, but from a quick read it
appears that this behaviour has been retained.

So if we're going to change it in 2.6.26, we'll need a separate patch.

Re: [Bug 11046] New: Kernel bug in mm/bootmem.c on Sparc machines

[Andrew Morton]

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:25:33 -0700 (PDT) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:

> From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 13:20:49 -0700
> 
> > On Sun,  6 Jul 2008 13:02:28 -0700 (PDT) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:
> > 
> > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11046
>  ...
> > > Here is the BUG:
> > > 
> > > [    0.000000] PROMLIB: Sun IEEE Boot Prom 'OBP 4.11.5 2003/11/12 10:40'
> > > [    0.000000] PROMLIB: Root node compatible: 
> > > [    0.000000] Linux version 2.6.25.10 (root@sparc1) (gcc version 4.1.2
> > > 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)) #5 SMP Sun Jul 6 21:05:42 CEST 2008
> > > [    0.000000] console [earlyprom0] enabled
> > > [    0.000000] ARCH: SUN4U
> > > [    0.000000] Ethernet address: 00:03:ba:7a:f3:d6
> > > [    0.000000] Kernel: Using 2 locked TLB entries for main kernel image.
> > > [    0.000000] Remapping the kernel... done.
> > > [    0.000000] kernel BUG at mm/bootmem.c:125!
> 
> This can only happen if you attach a zero-sized initrd to the kernel.
> 
> I see platforms like x86 sometimes have explicit checks for a zero
> size to guard reserve_bootmem() and similar calls, but if that's what
> callers are all going to do doesn't it make better sense for
> reserve_bootmem_core() to just return instead of BUG on a zero size
> argument?

Sounds logical.

Johannes just rewrote the bootmem code, but from a quick read it
appears that this behaviour has been retained.

So if we're going to change it in 2.6.26, we'll need a separate patch.

Re: [Bug 11046] New: Kernel bug in mm/bootmem.c on Sparc machines

[David Miller]

From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:38:36 -0700

> So if we're going to change it in 2.6.26, we'll need a separate patch.

Here is the 2.6.26 version:

bootmem: Allow zero length reserve and free.

It's either this or all the call sites explicitly check
when such a case is possible and sometimes expected.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

diff --git a/mm/bootmem.c b/mm/bootmem.c
index 8d9f60e..e540f7a 100644
--- a/mm/bootmem.c
+++ b/mm/bootmem.c
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ static void __init reserve_bootmem_core(bootmem_data_t *bdata,
 	unsigned long sidx, eidx;
 	unsigned long i;
 
-	BUG_ON(!size);
+	if (!size)
+		return;
 
 	/* out of range */
 	if (addr + size < bdata->node_boot_start ||
@@ -187,7 +188,8 @@ static void __init free_bootmem_core(bootmem_data_t *bdata, unsigned long addr,
 	unsigned long sidx, eidx;
 	unsigned long i;
 
-	BUG_ON(!size);
+	if (!size)
+		return;
 
 	/* out range */
 	if (addr + size < bdata->node_boot_start ||

Re: [Bug 11046] New: Kernel bug in mm/bootmem.c on Sparc machines

[David Miller]

From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:38:36 -0700

> So if we're going to change it in 2.6.26, we'll need a separate patch.

Here is the 2.6.26 version:

bootmem: Allow zero length reserve and free.

It's either this or all the call sites explicitly check
when such a case is possible and sometimes expected.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

diff --git a/mm/bootmem.c b/mm/bootmem.c
index 8d9f60e..e540f7a 100644
--- a/mm/bootmem.c
+++ b/mm/bootmem.c
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ static void __init reserve_bootmem_core(bootmem_data_t *bdata,
 	unsigned long sidx, eidx;
 	unsigned long i;
 
-	BUG_ON(!size);
+	if (!size)
+		return;
 
 	/* out of range */
 	if (addr + size < bdata->node_boot_start ||
@@ -187,7 +188,8 @@ static void __init free_bootmem_core(bootmem_data_t *bdata, unsigned long addr,
 	unsigned long sidx, eidx;
 	unsigned long i;
 
-	BUG_ON(!size);
+	if (!size)
+		return;
 
 	/* out range */
 	if (addr + size < bdata->node_boot_start ||

Re: [Bug 11046] New: Kernel bug in mm/bootmem.c on Sparc machines

[Johannes Weiner]

Hi,

David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> writes:

> From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:38:36 -0700
>
>> So if we're going to change it in 2.6.26, we'll need a separate patch.
>
> Here is the 2.6.26 version:
>
> bootmem: Allow zero length reserve and free.
>
> It's either this or all the call sites explicitly check
> when such a case is possible and sometimes expected.
>
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
>
> diff --git a/mm/bootmem.c b/mm/bootmem.c
> index 8d9f60e..e540f7a 100644
> --- a/mm/bootmem.c
> +++ b/mm/bootmem.c
> @@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ static void __init reserve_bootmem_core(bootmem_data_t *bdata,
>  	unsigned long sidx, eidx;
>  	unsigned long i;
>  
> -	BUG_ON(!size);
> +	if (!size)
> +		return;
>  
>  	/* out of range */
>  	if (addr + size < bdata->node_boot_start ||
> @@ -187,7 +188,8 @@ static void __init free_bootmem_core(bootmem_data_t *bdata, unsigned long addr,
>  	unsigned long sidx, eidx;
>  	unsigned long i;
>  
> -	BUG_ON(!size);
> +	if (!size)
> +		return;
>  
>  	/* out range */
>  	if (addr + size < bdata->node_boot_start ||

Sorry, Dave, I missed that before: there is still the BUG_ON() in
can_reserve_bootmem_core(), which should just return 0 instead.

Other than that, yes, Andrew, this introduces the same behaviour the
bootmem rewrite.

	Hannes

Re: [Bug 11046] New: Kernel bug in mm/bootmem.c on Sparc machines

[Johannes Weiner]

Hi,

David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> writes:

> From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:38:36 -0700
>
>> So if we're going to change it in 2.6.26, we'll need a separate patch.
>
> Here is the 2.6.26 version:
>
> bootmem: Allow zero length reserve and free.
>
> It's either this or all the call sites explicitly check
> when such a case is possible and sometimes expected.
>
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
>
> diff --git a/mm/bootmem.c b/mm/bootmem.c
> index 8d9f60e..e540f7a 100644
> --- a/mm/bootmem.c
> +++ b/mm/bootmem.c
> @@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ static void __init reserve_bootmem_core(bootmem_data_t *bdata,
>  	unsigned long sidx, eidx;
>  	unsigned long i;
>  
> -	BUG_ON(!size);
> +	if (!size)
> +		return;
>  
>  	/* out of range */
>  	if (addr + size < bdata->node_boot_start ||
> @@ -187,7 +188,8 @@ static void __init free_bootmem_core(bootmem_data_t *bdata, unsigned long addr,
>  	unsigned long sidx, eidx;
>  	unsigned long i;
>  
> -	BUG_ON(!size);
> +	if (!size)
> +		return;
>  
>  	/* out range */
>  	if (addr + size < bdata->node_boot_start ||

Sorry, Dave, I missed that before: there is still the BUG_ON() in
can_reserve_bootmem_core(), which should just return 0 instead.

Other than that, yes, Andrew, this introduces the same behaviour the
bootmem rewrite.

	Hannes

Re: [Bug 11046] New: Kernel bug in mm/bootmem.c on Sparc machines

[David Miller]

From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@saeurebad.de>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:32:06 +0200

> Sorry, Dave, I missed that before: there is still the BUG_ON() in
> can_reserve_bootmem_core(), which should just return 0 instead.
> 
> Other than that, yes, Andrew, this introduces the same behaviour the
> bootmem rewrite.

Thanks, here is an updated version of the patch:

bootmem: Allow zero length reserve and free.

It's either this or all the call sites explicitly check
when such a case is possible and sometimes expected.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

diff --git a/mm/bootmem.c b/mm/bootmem.c
index 8d9f60e..5e3fab8 100644
--- a/mm/bootmem.c
+++ b/mm/bootmem.c
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ static int __init can_reserve_bootmem_core(bootmem_data_t *bdata,
 	unsigned long sidx, eidx;
 	unsigned long i;
 
-	BUG_ON(!size);
+	if (!size)
+		return 0;
 
 	/* out of range, don't hold other */
 	if (addr + size < bdata->node_boot_start ||
@@ -153,7 +154,8 @@ static void __init reserve_bootmem_core(bootmem_data_t *bdata,
 	unsigned long sidx, eidx;
 	unsigned long i;
 
-	BUG_ON(!size);
+	if (!size)
+		return;
 
 	/* out of range */
 	if (addr + size < bdata->node_boot_start ||
@@ -187,7 +189,8 @@ static void __init free_bootmem_core(bootmem_data_t *bdata, unsigned long addr,
 	unsigned long sidx, eidx;
 	unsigned long i;
 
-	BUG_ON(!size);
+	if (!size)
+		return;
 
 	/* out range */
 	if (addr + size < bdata->node_boot_start ||

Re: [Bug 11046] New: Kernel bug in mm/bootmem.c on Sparc machines

[David Miller]

From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@saeurebad.de>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:32:06 +0200

> Sorry, Dave, I missed that before: there is still the BUG_ON() in
> can_reserve_bootmem_core(), which should just return 0 instead.
> 
> Other than that, yes, Andrew, this introduces the same behaviour the
> bootmem rewrite.

Thanks, here is an updated version of the patch:

bootmem: Allow zero length reserve and free.

It's either this or all the call sites explicitly check
when such a case is possible and sometimes expected.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

diff --git a/mm/bootmem.c b/mm/bootmem.c
index 8d9f60e..5e3fab8 100644
--- a/mm/bootmem.c
+++ b/mm/bootmem.c
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ static int __init can_reserve_bootmem_core(bootmem_data_t *bdata,
 	unsigned long sidx, eidx;
 	unsigned long i;
 
-	BUG_ON(!size);
+	if (!size)
+		return 0;
 
 	/* out of range, don't hold other */
 	if (addr + size < bdata->node_boot_start ||
@@ -153,7 +154,8 @@ static void __init reserve_bootmem_core(bootmem_data_t *bdata,
 	unsigned long sidx, eidx;
 	unsigned long i;
 
-	BUG_ON(!size);
+	if (!size)
+		return;
 
 	/* out of range */
 	if (addr + size < bdata->node_boot_start ||
@@ -187,7 +189,8 @@ static void __init free_bootmem_core(bootmem_data_t *bdata, unsigned long addr,
 	unsigned long sidx, eidx;
 	unsigned long i;
 
-	BUG_ON(!size);
+	if (!size)
+		return;
 
 	/* out range */
 	if (addr + size < bdata->node_boot_start ||

Re: [Bug 11046] New: Kernel bug in mm/bootmem.c on Sparc machines

[Johannes Weiner]

Hi,

Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> writes:

> On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:25:33 -0700 (PDT) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
>
>> From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
>> Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 13:20:49 -0700
>> 
>> > On Sun,  6 Jul 2008 13:02:28 -0700 (PDT) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:
>> > 
>> > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id\x11046
>>  ...
>> > > Here is the BUG:
>> > > 
>> > > [    0.000000] PROMLIB: Sun IEEE Boot Prom 'OBP 4.11.5 2003/11/12 10:40'
>> > > [    0.000000] PROMLIB: Root node compatible: 
>> > > [    0.000000] Linux version 2.6.25.10 (root@sparc1) (gcc version 4.1.2
>> > > 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)) #5 SMP Sun Jul 6 21:05:42 CEST 2008
>> > > [    0.000000] console [earlyprom0] enabled
>> > > [    0.000000] ARCH: SUN4U
>> > > [    0.000000] Ethernet address: 00:03:ba:7a:f3:d6
>> > > [    0.000000] Kernel: Using 2 locked TLB entries for main kernel image.
>> > > [    0.000000] Remapping the kernel... done.
>> > > [    0.000000] kernel BUG at mm/bootmem.c:125!
>> 
>> This can only happen if you attach a zero-sized initrd to the kernel.
>> 
>> I see platforms like x86 sometimes have explicit checks for a zero
>> size to guard reserve_bootmem() and similar calls, but if that's what
>> callers are all going to do doesn't it make better sense for
>> reserve_bootmem_core() to just return instead of BUG on a zero size
>> argument?
>
> Sounds logical.
>
> Johannes just rewrote the bootmem code, but from a quick read it
> appears that this behaviour has been retained.

In the new version, zero sized ranges are okay for reservation and
freeing.  It still bugs on allocation, though.

> So if we're going to change it in 2.6.26, we'll need a separate patch.

	Hannes

Re: [Bug 11046] New: Kernel bug in mm/bootmem.c on Sparc machines

[Johannes Weiner]

Hi,

Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> writes:

> On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:25:33 -0700 (PDT) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
>
>> From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
>> Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 13:20:49 -0700
>> 
>> > On Sun,  6 Jul 2008 13:02:28 -0700 (PDT) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:
>> > 
>> > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11046
>>  ...
>> > > Here is the BUG:
>> > > 
>> > > [    0.000000] PROMLIB: Sun IEEE Boot Prom 'OBP 4.11.5 2003/11/12 10:40'
>> > > [    0.000000] PROMLIB: Root node compatible: 
>> > > [    0.000000] Linux version 2.6.25.10 (root@sparc1) (gcc version 4.1.2
>> > > 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)) #5 SMP Sun Jul 6 21:05:42 CEST 2008
>> > > [    0.000000] console [earlyprom0] enabled
>> > > [    0.000000] ARCH: SUN4U
>> > > [    0.000000] Ethernet address: 00:03:ba:7a:f3:d6
>> > > [    0.000000] Kernel: Using 2 locked TLB entries for main kernel image.
>> > > [    0.000000] Remapping the kernel... done.
>> > > [    0.000000] kernel BUG at mm/bootmem.c:125!
>> 
>> This can only happen if you attach a zero-sized initrd to the kernel.
>> 
>> I see platforms like x86 sometimes have explicit checks for a zero
>> size to guard reserve_bootmem() and similar calls, but if that's what
>> callers are all going to do doesn't it make better sense for
>> reserve_bootmem_core() to just return instead of BUG on a zero size
>> argument?
>
> Sounds logical.
>
> Johannes just rewrote the bootmem code, but from a quick read it
> appears that this behaviour has been retained.

In the new version, zero sized ranges are okay for reservation and
freeing.  It still bugs on allocation, though.

> So if we're going to change it in 2.6.26, we'll need a separate patch.

	Hannes

Re: [Bug 11046] New: Kernel bug in mm/bootmem.c on Sparc machines

[Andrew Morton]

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:09:38 +0200 Johannes Weiner <hannes@saeurebad.de> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> writes:
> 
> > On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:25:33 -0700 (PDT) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> >> Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 13:20:49 -0700
> >> 
> >> > On Sun,  6 Jul 2008 13:02:28 -0700 (PDT) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:
> >> > 
> >> > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id\x11046
> >>  ...
> >> > > Here is the BUG:
> >> > > 
> >> > > [    0.000000] PROMLIB: Sun IEEE Boot Prom 'OBP 4.11.5 2003/11/12 10:40'
> >> > > [    0.000000] PROMLIB: Root node compatible: 
> >> > > [    0.000000] Linux version 2.6.25.10 (root@sparc1) (gcc version 4.1.2
> >> > > 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)) #5 SMP Sun Jul 6 21:05:42 CEST 2008
> >> > > [    0.000000] console [earlyprom0] enabled
> >> > > [    0.000000] ARCH: SUN4U
> >> > > [    0.000000] Ethernet address: 00:03:ba:7a:f3:d6
> >> > > [    0.000000] Kernel: Using 2 locked TLB entries for main kernel image.
> >> > > [    0.000000] Remapping the kernel... done.
> >> > > [    0.000000] kernel BUG at mm/bootmem.c:125!
> >> 
> >> This can only happen if you attach a zero-sized initrd to the kernel.
> >> 
> >> I see platforms like x86 sometimes have explicit checks for a zero
> >> size to guard reserve_bootmem() and similar calls, but if that's what
> >> callers are all going to do doesn't it make better sense for
> >> reserve_bootmem_core() to just return instead of BUG on a zero size
> >> argument?
> >
> > Sounds logical.
> >
> > Johannes just rewrote the bootmem code, but from a quick read it
> > appears that this behaviour has been retained.
> 
> In the new version, zero sized ranges are okay for reservation and
> freeing.  It still bugs on allocation, though.
> 

Interesting.  So from Dave's patch (which changes only
reserve_bootmem_core() and free_bootmem_core()), it sounds like we
have already fixed 2.6.27?

In which case David's 2.6.26 patch is a "minimal backport".

Re: [Bug 11046] New: Kernel bug in mm/bootmem.c on Sparc machines

[Andrew Morton]

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:09:38 +0200 Johannes Weiner <hannes@saeurebad.de> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> writes:
> 
> > On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:25:33 -0700 (PDT) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> >> Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 13:20:49 -0700
> >> 
> >> > On Sun,  6 Jul 2008 13:02:28 -0700 (PDT) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:
> >> > 
> >> > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11046
> >>  ...
> >> > > Here is the BUG:
> >> > > 
> >> > > [    0.000000] PROMLIB: Sun IEEE Boot Prom 'OBP 4.11.5 2003/11/12 10:40'
> >> > > [    0.000000] PROMLIB: Root node compatible: 
> >> > > [    0.000000] Linux version 2.6.25.10 (root@sparc1) (gcc version 4.1.2
> >> > > 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)) #5 SMP Sun Jul 6 21:05:42 CEST 2008
> >> > > [    0.000000] console [earlyprom0] enabled
> >> > > [    0.000000] ARCH: SUN4U
> >> > > [    0.000000] Ethernet address: 00:03:ba:7a:f3:d6
> >> > > [    0.000000] Kernel: Using 2 locked TLB entries for main kernel image.
> >> > > [    0.000000] Remapping the kernel... done.
> >> > > [    0.000000] kernel BUG at mm/bootmem.c:125!
> >> 
> >> This can only happen if you attach a zero-sized initrd to the kernel.
> >> 
> >> I see platforms like x86 sometimes have explicit checks for a zero
> >> size to guard reserve_bootmem() and similar calls, but if that's what
> >> callers are all going to do doesn't it make better sense for
> >> reserve_bootmem_core() to just return instead of BUG on a zero size
> >> argument?
> >
> > Sounds logical.
> >
> > Johannes just rewrote the bootmem code, but from a quick read it
> > appears that this behaviour has been retained.
> 
> In the new version, zero sized ranges are okay for reservation and
> freeing.  It still bugs on allocation, though.
> 

Interesting.  So from Dave's patch (which changes only
reserve_bootmem_core() and free_bootmem_core()), it sounds like we
have already fixed 2.6.27?

In which case David's 2.6.26 patch is a "minimal backport".