linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.28-rc6: early panic with boot option "nosmp"

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Date:	Thu, 4 Dec 2008 20:28:17 +0800
From:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jack Steiner <steiner@....com>, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.28-rc6: early panic with boot option "nosmp"

On Thu, Dec 04, 2008 at 02:33:35PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > The exception raised on dereferencing mpf or mpf_found.
> 
> This obvious patch should fix it then. Does it?

Yes, it boots OK now with your patch.

Thanks,
Fengguang

> --
> 
> Fix early exception in __get_smp_config with nosmp
> 
> Bail out early when there is no MP table.
> 
> Reported by Wu Fengguang
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/mpparse.c |    3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6.28-rc4-test/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.28-rc4-test.orig/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse.c	2008-10-24 13:34:40.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6.28-rc4-test/arch/x86/kernel/mpparse.c	2008-12-04 13:20:34.000000000 +0100
> @@ -604,6 +604,9 @@
>  		printk(KERN_INFO "Using ACPI for processor (LAPIC) "
>  		       "configuration information\n");
>  
> +	if (!mpf)
> +		return;
> +
>  	printk(KERN_INFO "Intel MultiProcessor Specification v1.%d\n",
>  	       mpf->mpf_specification);
>  #if defined(CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC) && defined(CONFIG_X86_32)
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