Hi Al, I got a boot warning on commit tree: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal.git execve2 head: 1ade99215ed3c334a544b9e1773602ff0f0251ab commit: 1ade99215ed3c334a544b9e1773602ff0f0251ab [9/9] x86: switch to generic sys_execve and kernel_execve The dmesg is: INIT: version 2.88 booting [ 5.951324] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 5.952002] WARNING: at /c/kernel-tests/src/linux/kernel/smp.c:461 smp_call_function_many+0x89/0x1f4() [ 5.952002] Hardware name: Bochs [ 5.952002] Modules linked in: [ 5.952002] Pid: 1, comm: init Not tainted 3.5.0-01258-g1ade992 #281 [ 5.952002] Call Trace: [ 5.952002] [<81023fd0>] warn_slowpath_common+0x63/0x78 [ 5.952002] [<8105a281>] ? smp_call_function_many+0x89/0x1f4 [ 5.952002] [<81023ff4>] warn_slowpath_null+0xf/0x13 [ 5.977019] [<8105a281>] smp_call_function_many+0x89/0x1f4 [ 5.977019] [<81020af7>] ? do_flush_tlb_all+0x33/0x33 [ 5.977019] [<81020b7b>] native_flush_tlb_others+0x21/0x24 [ 5.977019] [<81020d04>] flush_tlb_mm_range+0x13b/0x147 [ 5.977019] [<81090a9f>] ? unmap_single_vma+0x85/0x8f [ 5.977019] [<8108f36b>] tlb_flush_mmu+0x33/0x64 [ 5.977019] [<8108f3ae>] tlb_finish_mmu+0x12/0x31 [ 5.977019] [<810934cb>] unmap_region+0x90/0x99 [ 5.977019] [<81093c87>] ? __split_vma+0xfd/0x168 [ 5.977019] [<810944a2>] do_munmap+0x1b2/0x218 [ 5.977019] [<81094538>] vm_munmap+0x30/0x41 [ 5.977019] [<81094557>] sys_munmap+0xe/0x10 [ 5.977019] [<811cefe1>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb [ 5.977019] ---[ end trace 92e8f2a74c2dbd76 ]--- [ 5.977019] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 5.977019] WARNING: at /c/kernel-tests/src/linux/kernel/smp.c:322 smp_call_function_single+0x7e/0x13b() [ 5.977019] Hardware name: Bochs [ 5.977019] Modules linked in: [ 5.977019] Pid: 1, comm: init Tainted: G W 3.5.0-01258-g1ade992 #281 [ 5.977019] Call Trace: [ 5.977019] [<81023fd0>] warn_slowpath_common+0x63/0x78 [ 5.977019] [<8105a057>] ? smp_call_function_single+0x7e/0x13b [ 5.977019] [<81020af7>] ? do_flush_tlb_all+0x33/0x33 [ 5.977019] [<81023ff4>] warn_slowpath_null+0xf/0x13 [ 5.977019] [<8105a057>] smp_call_function_single+0x7e/0x13b [ 5.977019] [<8105a2f7>] smp_call_function_many+0xff/0x1f4 [ 5.977019] [<81020af7>] ? do_flush_tlb_all+0x33/0x33 [ 5.977019] [<81020b7b>] native_flush_tlb_others+0x21/0x24 [ 5.977019] [<81020d04>] flush_tlb_mm_range+0x13b/0x147 [ 5.977019] [<81090a9f>] ? unmap_single_vma+0x85/0x8f [ 5.977019] [<8108f36b>] tlb_flush_mmu+0x33/0x64 [ 5.977019] [<8108f3ae>] tlb_finish_mmu+0x12/0x31 [ 5.977019] [<810934cb>] unmap_region+0x90/0x99 [ 5.977019] [<81093c87>] ? __split_vma+0xfd/0x168 [ 5.977019] [<810944a2>] do_munmap+0x1b2/0x218 [ 5.977019] [<81094538>] vm_munmap+0x30/0x41 [ 5.977019] [<81094557>] sys_munmap+0xe/0x10 [ 5.977019] [<811cefe1>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb [ 5.977019] ---[ end trace 92e8f2a74c2dbd77 ]--- mount: mounting proc on /proc failed: No such device /etc/rcS.d/S00fbsetup: line 3: /sbin/modprobe: No such file or directory Please wait: booting... mount: mounting proc on /proc failed: No such device grep: /proc/filesystems: No such file or directory Starting Bootlog daemon: bootlogd: cannot allocate pseudo tty: No such file or directory bootlogd. mount: can't read '/proc/mounts': No such file or directory /etc/rcS.d/S37populate-volatile.sh: line 172: /proc/cmdline: No such file or directory grep: /proc/filesystems: No such file or directory Configuring network interfaces... [ 7.003872] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 7.004052] WARNING: at /c/kernel-tests/src/linux/kernel/softirq.c:159 local_bh_enable+0x2f/0x78() [ 7.004052] Hardware name: Bochs [ 7.004052] Modules linked in: [ 7.004052] Pid: 96, comm: sh Tainted: G W 3.5.0-01258-g1ade992 #281 [ 7.004052] Call Trace: [ 7.004052] [<81023fd0>] warn_slowpath_common+0x63/0x78 [ 7.004052] [<81029871>] ? local_bh_enable+0x2f/0x78 [ 7.004052] [<81023ff4>] warn_slowpath_null+0xf/0x13 [ 7.004052] [<81029871>] local_bh_enable+0x2f/0x78 [ 7.004052] [<811b4ab0>] unix_create1+0x115/0x12a [ 7.004052] [<811b4b16>] unix_create+0x51/0x69 [ 7.004052] [<8115af7d>] __sock_create+0xce/0x128 [ 7.004052] [<8115b014>] sock_create+0x24/0x29 [ 7.004052] [<8115b321>] sys_socket+0x25/0x5a [ 7.004052] [<8115bfa7>] sys_socketcall+0x58/0x1a1 [ 7.004052] [<811cefe1>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb [ 7.004052] ---[ end trace 92e8f2a74c2dbd78 ]--- Thanks, Fengguang