Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:06:44 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [stable] PROBLEM: [BISECTED] 2.6.35.5 xen domU panics just after the boot |
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On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 08:48:07AM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > On 09/28/2010 11:29 AM, Greg KH wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:08:43AM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > >> On 09/26/2010 11:13 PM, Greg KH wrote: > >>> On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 10:40:44PM -0400, Kyle McMartin wrote: > >>>> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 04:23:55PM +0100, James Dingwall wrote: > >>>>>> I was experiencing the same immediate crash with a null pointer > >>>>>> dereference (log below) on boot with 2.6.35.5. Reverting > >>>>>> fb412a178502dc498430723b082a932f797e4763 also resolved the problem for > >>>>>> me. > >>>>> Checking the diff from this commit it looks like there is a typo in the patch. With the following (probably mangled by my client) I get 2.6.35.5 to boot. Suggest it should be a candidate for .32 and .35 stable trees. > >>>>> > >>>> Greg, a spelling mistake cropped into this patch during 2.6.35.5 that > >>>> James here points out. Adding you to CC since it seems to have missed > >>>> stable 2.6.35.6... > >>>> > >>>> Was in xen-use-percpu-interrupts-for-ipis-and-virqs.patch. > >>> I don't understand, where did the error come from? Was it in a patch I > >>> applied, or did I mess up some patch? Is the same problem upstream, and > >>> if not, why not? > >> I don't know. It looks like an 'x' was deleted due to an editor > >> fat-finger or something. The original upstream patches were cc:d to > >> stable, so I think you would have got them that way (ie, I don't think I > >> sent them to you specifically). Is there an opportunity in your > >> workflow where this error could have crept in? The patches should have > >> been a pretty clean 'git cherry-pick' with no conflicts. > > Sorry, I don't know what happened, using my scripts, it does drop to an > > editor so I can add the "signed-off-by" line, so perhaps I accidentally > > did this in there. > > > > It's now in the -stable queue and I'll push out new releases in a few > > hours. > > > > I should have pointed out it is the same in the stable-2.6.32 tree as well.
Yes, sorry, I know, I only had the chance to get the .35 release out yesterday, I'll do the .32 one now.
thanks,
greg k-h
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