From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
To: James Morris <jmorris@redhat.com>
Cc: virtualization@lists.osdl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix boot crash when freeing initrd memory
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:49:31 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4549247B.2070403@goop.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0611011729170.31570-100000@redline.boston.redhat.com>
James Morris wrote:
> I'm triggering this BUG_ON during boot, which happens while freeing initrd
> memory:
>
> EIP is at free_init_pages+0x37/0xac
> [<c01143f1>] free_initrd_mem+0x11/0x13
> [<c03ce259>] free_initrd+0x13/0x29
> [<c03cf647>] populate_rootfs+0xdc/0xe2
> [<c01003af>] init+0x42/0x253
> [<c0103bbb>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10
>
>
> I'm not sure why this memory isn't aligned now.
>
> The patch below allows my system to boot. Any clues about the correct fix
> appreciated.
>
Is this booting native or under Xen? I put the BUG_ON in there since if
it isn't page-aligned, freeing the page would seem to be freeing
something else unexpectedly... I think ChrisW was triggering this
BUG_ON at one point, but I don't think we've worked out what's going on
here.
J
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-11-01 22:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-11-01 22:36 [PATCH] fix boot crash when freeing initrd memory James Morris
2006-11-01 22:49 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge [this message]
2006-11-01 23:22 ` James Morris
2006-11-01 23:34 ` James Morris
2006-11-01 23:56 ` James Morris
2006-11-01 23:59 ` Zachary Amsden
2006-11-02 0:15 ` James Morris
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