When the device-mapper DM_DEV_CREATE_CMD ioctl is called to create a new device, dev_create()->dm_create()->alloc_dev()-> blk_queue_bounce_limit(md->queue, BLK_BOUNCE_ANY) happens.
blk_queue_bounce_limit(BLK_BOUNCE_ANY) calls init_emergency_isa_pool() if blk_max_pfn < blk_max_low_pfn. This is the case on UML, but init_emergency_isa_pool() hits BUG_ON(!isa_page_pool) because there doesn't seem to be a dma zone on UML for mempool_create() to allocate from. Most architectures seem to have max_low_pfn == max_pfn, but UML doesn't because of the uml_reserved chunk it keeps for itself. From what I can see, max_pfn and max_low_pfn don't get much use after the bootmem-allocator stops being used anyway, except that they initialize the block layer's blk_max_low_pfn/blk_max_pfn. With this applied I can use lvm to create logical volumes without crashing UML. Signed-off-by: Jason Lunz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- arch/um/kernel/mem.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6.20-rc5-uml/arch/um/kernel/mem.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.20-rc5-uml.orig/arch/um/kernel/mem.c +++ linux-2.6.20-rc5-uml/arch/um/kernel/mem.c @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void mem_init(void) { - max_low_pfn = (high_physmem - uml_physmem) >> PAGE_SHIFT; + max_pfn = max_low_pfn = (high_physmem - uml_physmem) >> PAGE_SHIFT; /* clear the zero-page */ memset((void *) empty_zero_page, 0, PAGE_SIZE); @@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ totalram_pages += totalhigh_pages; #endif num_physpages = totalram_pages; - max_pfn = totalram_pages; printk(KERN_INFO "Memory: %luk available\n", (unsigned long) nr_free_pages() << (PAGE_SHIFT-10)); kmalloc_ok = 1; ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel