Hi Jay, On 12/19/06, Jay Lan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Horms wrote: > > I'm happy to announce the first release of kexec-tools-testing, > > version 20061214. Below is a matrix of tests that Magnus Damm > > has run on this code, for i386 and x86_64. > > This is the first time i am testing kexec from kexec-tools-testing. > Using this kexec, booting up a crashdump kernel caused a panic at > an ia64 Altix. The kexec from rhel5 with the "kexec seg fault at > xrealloc" patch worked fine at the same machine.
I read your email regarding the xrealloc() problem together with the patch and it looks like a perfect fix for the old kexec tree. Thanks for reporting. The patch is however not needed for the kexec-tools-testing tree - I spent some time to consolidate the elf note code so we can avoid problems like this in the future. Have a look at the following two patches which includes a fix for your problem. http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/horms/kexec-tools-testing.git;a=commit;h=c80198e78ce26783e092645b9ac8587e1374f22f http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/horms/kexec-tools-testing.git;a=commit;h=f038d30bff8510a1df1e72af08db1766581d1f2c The fix is included in kexec-tools-testing-20061214, but I'm not sure how much the code has been tested on ia64. I've focusted on testing the code under i386 and x86_64 native Linux and Xen. I'd like to spend time on fixing up ia64 support properly, but it has been sort of a moving target because of heavy development. So to be able to get a grip I need more information from you: Are you still experiencing this problem? You mention the RHEL5 kexec plus your patch, do you have a pointer to a SRPM of the version you are using? What kernel are you using? Any patches? Have you tried 2.6.20-rc1? Do you have time for more testing? I will go on vacation over the christmas and new years, but if you have time after that I'd be more than happy to work with you to resolve this. I suspect it will be a matter of bisecting and testing until we find what is broken. I have a few ia64 boxes here that I can use too, but no altix. =) Thanks, / magnus _______________________________________________ fastboot mailing list [email protected] https://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/fastboot
