Re: kernel NULL pointer dereference/ kvm subsystem

Avi Kivity
2010-02-08T19:10:04Z

On 02/08/2010 07:29 PM, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 09:38:05AM -0500, Don Dupuis wrote:
>
>> Kernel 2.6.31.2
>> x86 64bit
>>
>> Running numerous kvm linux guests and noticed this oops in messages
>> file. This didn't occur in 2.6.30.6
>>
>> BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000028
>> IP: [<ffffffffa01de29f>] kpit_elapsed+0x30/0x60 [kvm]
>>
> Fixed by ace1546487a0fe4634e3251067f8a32cb2cdc099.
>
> Greg, can you please cherry pick to 2.6.31.stable?
>

It's already in, 2.6.31.6 (and I think 31.y is dead).

Rafael, this is #14376.

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