From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932738Ab0I0GNw (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Sep 2010 02:13:52 -0400 Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:37494 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932668Ab0I0GNv (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Sep 2010 02:13:51 -0400 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 23:13:36 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Kyle McMartin Cc: James Dingwall , Jeremy Fitzhardinge , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , stable@kernel.org Subject: Re: [stable] PROBLEM: [BISECTED] 2.6.35.5 xen domU panics just after the boot Message-ID: <20100927061336.GA22721@kroah.com> References: <3B7AEC3C7FCC864282DFAC9A56A7BA363D81475787@UKLNDMAIL1.corp.amdocs.com> <20100927024044.GQ13116@bombadil.infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100927024044.GQ13116@bombadil.infradead.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 10:40:44PM -0400, Kyle McMartin wrote: > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 04:23:55PM +0100, James Dingwall wrote: > > > I was experiencing the same immediate crash with a null pointer > > > dereference (log below) on boot with 2.6.35.5. Reverting > > > fb412a178502dc498430723b082a932f797e4763 also resolved the problem for > > > me. > > > > Checking the diff from this commit it looks like there is a typo in the patch. With the following (probably mangled by my client) I get 2.6.35.5 to boot. Suggest it should be a candidate for .32 and .35 stable trees. > > > > Greg, a spelling mistake cropped into this patch during 2.6.35.5 that > James here points out. Adding you to CC since it seems to have missed > stable 2.6.35.6... > > Was in xen-use-percpu-interrupts-for-ipis-and-virqs.patch. I don't understand, where did the error come from? Was it in a patch I applied, or did I mess up some patch? Is the same problem upstream, and if not, why not? And finally, can you send this in a format that I can apply it? thanks, greg k-h