linux-kernel - Re: kexec buffer error

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Message-ID: <20080106211628.GB19601@redhat.com>
Date:	Sun, 6 Jan 2008 16:16:28 -0500
From:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
To:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
Cc:	kexec@...ts.infradead.org, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: kexec buffer error

On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 01:54:18PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> kexec of 2.6.24-rc6-git11 fails for me with:
> 
> Close of /boot/kernel-2.6.24-rc6-git11 failed: : buffer  error
> kexec load failed, error = 1
> 

So close() system call seems to be failing here. If kexec-tools version
is same then we should not have erred on fd number etc. Could be a kernel
issue. I have no idea though.....


Thanks
Vivek
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