Re: 2.6.13-rc3-mm2 doesn't boot

Adrian Bunk
2005-07-27T22:22:20Z

On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 02:16:46PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> wrote:
> >
> > 2.6.13-rc3-mm2 doesn't boot on my computer:
> > Badness in nr_blockdev_pages at fs/block_dev.c:399
> > ...
> > kmem_cache_create: Early error in slab inet_peer_cache
> >
> > A screenshot is available at [1].
> >
> > My .config is attached.
> >
> > 2.6.13-rc3-mm1 boots and works without problems.
> >
> > cu
> > Adrian
> >
> > [1] http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/kernel/boot_failure.jpg
>
> I'd be suspecting there's been a huge preempt_count() windup and the kernel
> thinks that it's running in_interrupt(), so various checks are triggering.
>
> Please try this one:
>...

Thanks, this fixed it.

> And if that doesn't fix, enable CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT and see if the
> sub_preempt_count() check triggers.

This wouldn't have been possible since I'm using CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE=y.

cu
Adrian

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