Re: Linux 2.6.27-rc3: kernel BUG at mm/vmalloc.c - bisected

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Thu Aug 14 2008 - 12:12:01 EST


On Thursday, 14 of August 2008, Alan D. Brunelle wrote:
> I ran into this trying 2.6.27-rc3 today:
>
> [6.461876] kernel BUG at mm/vmalloc.c:217!
>
> (full boot log attached)
>
> I bisected it to:
>
> git-bisect bad 1c89ac55017f982355c7761e1c912c88c941483d
>
> which is:
>
> commit 1c89ac55017f982355c7761e1c912c88c941483d
> Merge: 88fa08f... b1b135c...
> Author: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue Aug 12 08:40:19 2008 -0700
>
> Merge
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linus

This is a merge commit that introduced several changes into the
kernel. It would be helpful to search through these changes.

> *
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-for-linus:
> fix spinlock recursion in hvc_console
> stop_machine: remove unused variable
> modules: extend initcall_debug functionality to the module loader
> export virtio_rng.h
> lguest: use get_user_pages_fast() instead of get_user_pages()
> mm: Make generic weak get_user_pages_fast and EXPORT_GPL it
> lguest: don't set MAC address for guest unless specified
>
> Backing out to the previous commit boots just fine. I've attached the
> boot.log, config file, lspci.txt and git-bisect-log. If there is
> anything else I can do, I'd be happy to oblige, but I'm checking out
> right now. I'll check in tomorrow morning (Eastern USA).

Thanks,
Rafael
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