Re: kernel 2.6.39 (user mode linux) crashes (2.6.38 works fine)

From: Toralf Förster
Date: Thu May 19 2011 - 12:35:08 EST


FWIW I got :

* Starting local
Kernel panic - not syncing: Segfault with no mm
08335ed4: [<082b0b3b>] dump_stack+0x22/0x24
08335eec: [<082b0ba0>] panic+0x63/0x167
08335f14: [<080614af>] segv+0x27f/0x2f0
08335fcc: [<08061561>] segv_handler+0x41/0x60
08335fec: [<08071da4>] sig_handler_common+0x44/0xb0


EIP: 0000:[<00000000>] CPU: 0 Not tainted EFLAGS: 00000000
Not tainted
EAX: 00000000 EBX: 00000000 ECX: 00000000 EDX: 00000000
ESI: 00000000 EDI: 00000000 EBP: 00000000 DS: 0000 ES: 0000
08335e88: [<0807935d>] show_regs+0xed/0x120
08335ea4: [<0806179c>] panic_exit+0x2c/0x50
08335eb4: [<080a2b9c>] notifier_call_chain+0x4c/0x70
08335edc: [<080a2c13>] atomic_notifier_call_chain+0x23/0x30
08335eec: [<082b0bc8>] panic+0x8b/0x167
08335f14: [<080614af>] segv+0x27f/0x2f0
08335fcc: [<08061561>] segv_handler+0x41/0x60
08335fec: [<08071da4>] sig_handler_common+0x44/0xb0


and gdb gives in another session to reproduce the bug this:

(gdb) c
Continuing.

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
rwsem_down_failed_common (sem=0x84f4000, flags=<value optimized out>,
adjustment=<value optimized out>)
at lib/rwsem.c:189
189 adjustment += RWSEM_WAITING_BIAS;
(gdb) bt
#0 rwsem_down_failed_common (sem=0x84f4000, flags=<value optimized out>,
adjustment=<value optimized out>)
at lib/rwsem.c:189
#1 0x082b28f5 in rwsem_down_write_failed (sem=0x84f4000) at lib/rwsem.c:236
#2 0x082b0ba2 in call_rwsem_down_write_failed () at arch/um/sys-
i386/../../x86/lib/semaphore_32.S:92
#3 0x082b20e7 in __down_write_nested (sem=0x18916274)
at /home/tfoerste/devel/linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/rwsem.h:105
#4 __down_write (sem=0x18916274) at
/home/tfoerste/devel/linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/rwsem.h:121
#5 down_write (sem=0x18916274) at kernel/rwsem.c:51
#6 0x080d78e5 in sys_brk (brk=139411456) at mm/mmap.c:254
#7 0x08061dc6 in handle_syscall (r=0x19634d50) at
arch/um/kernel/skas/syscall.c:35
#8 0x08075ed1 in handle_trap (regs=0x19634d50) at arch/um/os-
Linux/skas/process.c:201
#9 userspace (regs=0x19634d50) at arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c:417
#10 0x0805ef34 in fork_handler () at arch/um/kernel/process.c:181
#11 0x00000000 in ?? ()
(gdb) bt full
#0 rwsem_down_failed_common (sem=0x84f4000, flags=<value optimized out>,
adjustment=<value optimized out>)
at lib/rwsem.c:189
waiter = {list = {next = 0x84cf27c, prev = 0x6}, task = 0x19634b80,
flags = 2}
tsk = 0x19634b80
count = <value optimized out>
#1 0x082b28f5 in rwsem_down_write_failed (sem=0x84f4000) at lib/rwsem.c:236
No locals.
#2 0x082b0ba2 in call_rwsem_down_write_failed () at arch/um/sys-
i386/../../x86/lib/semaphore_32.S:92
No locals.
#3 0x082b20e7 in __down_write_nested (sem=0x18916274)
at /home/tfoerste/devel/linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/rwsem.h:105
tmp = 411836076
#4 __down_write (sem=0x18916274) at
/home/tfoerste/devel/linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/rwsem.h:121
No locals.
#5 down_write (sem=0x18916274) at kernel/rwsem.c:51
No locals.
#6 0x080d78e5 in sys_brk (brk=139411456) at mm/mmap.c:254
rlim = <value optimized out>
newbrk = <value optimized out>
oldbrk = 0
mm = 0x18916240
#7 0x08061dc6 in handle_syscall (r=0x19634d50) at
arch/um/kernel/skas/syscall.c:35
syscall = <value optimized out>
#8 0x08075ed1 in handle_trap (regs=0x19634d50) at arch/um/os-
Linux/skas/process.c:201
err = <value optimized out>
status = 0
#9 userspace (regs=0x19634d50) at arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c:417
sig = <value optimized out>
timer = {it_interval = {tv_sec = 0, tv_usec = 0}, it_value = {tv_sec =
0, tv_usec = 3999}}
nsecs = <value optimized out>
err = <value optimized out>
status = 34175
op = 31
pid = 11337
local_using_sysemu = 2
#10 0x0805ef34 in fork_handler () at arch/um/kernel/process.c:181
No locals.
#11 0x00000000 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.

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MfG/Sincerely
Toralf Förster
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