Re: [kvm-devel] severe bug in 2.6.23+ kvm.git

Avi Kivity
2007-10-19T15:13:37Z

Carsten Otte wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> we've experienced a severe bug in current kvm.git, that may have been
> introduced to the git tree quite recently around last weekend. 2.6.23
> is broken, 2.6.23-rc8 works for us. The symptom is, that our operon
> kvm test machine shredders its hard disk content to a state that is
> not correctably by the file system checker. We use raid1 md mirrored
> ext3 file systems on 4 sata hard disks on it, and we've verified
> correct operation of the hardware via badblocks and memtest86.
> The problem occurs even without kvm modules loaded, so the cause seems
> to be something that Avi pulled elsewhere. Did anyone else experience
> similar problems with the 2.6.23 based kvm tree? Does anyone have an
> idea about a possible cause, which would help us debugging it?
>
>

kvm.git is actually 2.6.24-rc, pulled from -linus at a random point in
time, so it's not at all surprising if something is broken.

One option is for you to pull -linus to get the latest and hopefully
greatest and see if the bug is fixed.

Another is to use the external module capability to build kvm.git
against 2.6.23.1.

--
Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.