Re: x86_64 panic on latest linux-2.6

[Mariusz Kozlowski]

Hello,

> > > 	My x86_64 box is not willing to boot.
> > > 
> > > http://tuxland.pl/tmp/s7300372.jpg (275kB)
> > > 
> > > (gdb) p blk_lookup_devt
> > > $1 = {dev_t (const char *, int)} 0xffffffff8032a430 <blk_lookup_devt>
> > > (gdb) l *(0xffffffff8032a430+0x7f)
> > > 0xffffffff8032a4af is in blk_lookup_devt (block/genhd.c:664).
> > > 659             dev_t devt = MKDEV(0, 0);
> > > 660     
> > > 661             mutex_lock(&block_class_lock);
> > > 662             list_for_each_entry(dev, &block_class.devices, node) {
> > > 663                     if (strcmp(dev->bus_id, name) == 0) {
> > > 664                             struct gendisk *disk = dev_to_disk(dev);
> > > 665     
> > > 666                             if (part < disk->minors)
> > > 667                                     devt = MKDEV(MAJOR(dev->devt),
> > > 668                                                  MINOR(dev->devt) + part);
> 
> Having decoded the "Code:", what is happening here is that 'dev' is
> clearly not embedded inside a 'disk'.
> The address of 'dev' is in RBX and is ffff81007f270010.
> disk->minors is at and offset of -0x60 from 'dev' (as 'dev' is assumed
> to be a structure embeded in a 'struct gendisk' - dev_to_disk uses
> container_of to find the gendisk that holds the device).  But 0x60 from RBX
> is in a different page, and presumably that memory doesn't exist.
> 
> So the question is: how can a 'struct device' which is not part of
> a 'struct gendisk' be on 'block_class.devices'.
> 
> Unfortunately, I have no idea.

2.6.26-rc4 works fine :/ Am I lucky or not? I'll do some more tests on weekend.

Thanks,

	Mariusz

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