Re: [stable] PROBLEM: [BISECTED] 2.6.35.5 xen domU panics just after the boot

Greg KH
2010-09-27T06:13:52Z

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