Hi!
Since 2.6.18 FC5 kernels updates and _all_ FC6 kernels, my uml-2.6.17
fails with same problem reported before @this list: stops responding
after  "VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly."
  
I tracked back and narrowed the kernel versions where the problem
started to show:
   OK:  kernel-smp-2.6.17-1.2187_FC5 (last FC5 upd. kernel known to run ok)
   BAD: kernel-smp-2.6.18-1.2239.fc5 (IIRC 1st non-working FC5 kernel)
   BAD: kernel-2.6.19-1.2895.fc6     (current FC6 kernel)
   
   Note: this is a FC6 uptodate distro, booted with these 3 diff.
   kernels.
   FYI those FC5 kernels have same selinux policyversion , so FC6
   "environment" runs ok, I suggest to those wanting to run UML on FC6
   to try booting with kernel-smp-2.6.17-1.2187_FC5 as a workaround.

To see at least if the command gets "enough" CPU to halt the UML, I tried: 
   ./linux init=/sbin/halt -f
   
It didn't, "ps  lx" on the host shows:
   $ ps lx
   0   240  4284  4152  15   0  33000 11000 -      R+   pts/1 3:31 ./linux 
(Jj9kkn) [/sbin/halt]
   1   240  4293  4284  25   0  33000 11000 -      S+   pts/1 0:00 ./linux 
(Jj9kkn) [/sbin/halt]
   1   240  4294  4284  24   0  33000 11000 -      S+   pts/1 0:00 ./linux 
(Jj9kkn) [/sbin/halt]
   1   240  4295  4284  15   0  33000 11000 -      S+   pts/1 0:00 ./linux 
(Jj9kkn) [/sbin/halt]
   1   240  4296  4284  15   0     60    56 -      R+   pts/1 2:42 [linux]
, where cpu time for those "R+" procs almost equals wall time;

strace'ing repeats eternally these lines:
   $ strace -p 4284
   -- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
   waitpid(4296, [{WIFSTOPPED(s) && WSTOPSIG(s) == SIGSEGV}], WSTOPPED) = 4296
   ptrace(PTRACE_GETREGS, 4296, 0, 0xa06ab82c) = 0
   ptrace(PTRACE_GETFPXREGS, 4296, 0, 0xa06ab8dc) = 0
   ptrace(PTRACE_CONT, 4296, 0, SIGSEGV)   = 0
   :
   :

Hope this reports helps to put light on this UML/FC6 bug.

Regards!
 
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