Re: [4/4] 2.6.23-rc3: known regressions v3

From: Zachary Amsden
Date: Fri Aug 24 2007 - 15:35:43 EST


Parag Warudkar wrote:
On 8/24/07, Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Virtualization

Subject : CONFIG_VMI broken
References : http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/14/203
Last known good : ?
Submitter : Parag Warudkar <parag.warudkar@xxxxxxxxx>
Caused-By : ?
Handled-By : Zachary Amsden <zach@xxxxxxxxxx>
Status : problem is being debugged

Zach seemed to think that this is already fixed - I am not in a
position to test it immediately so if we know what fixed this - can be
closed. I'll report back once I get a chance to test latest git.

Parag, thanks. I reproduced this bug with your kernel config on 2.6.23-rc3 and verified it does not happen on latest git. I inspected memory after the crash and determined the problem was patching of instructions went awry. Chris in the meantime fixed a bug with patching instructions, and the change from 100% apocalyptic failure to 100% unequivocal success has convinced me that was the same bug.

Zach
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