linux-kernel - Re: PROBLEM: [BISECTED] 2.6.35.5 xen domU panics just after the boot

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Date:	Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:00:06 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	James Dingwall <james.dingwall@...ocs.com>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, Stable Kernel <stable@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: [BISECTED] 2.6.35.5 xen domU panics just after the boot

 On 09/23/2010 08:23 AM, James Dingwall wrote:
>> I was experiencing the same immediate crash with a null pointer
>> dereference (log below) on boot with 2.6.35.5.  Reverting
>> fb412a178502dc498430723b082a932f797e4763 also resolved the problem for
>> me.
> Checking the diff from this commit it looks like there is a typo in the patch.  With the following (probably mangled by my client) I get 2.6.35.5 to boot.  Suggest it should be a candidate for .32 and .35 stable trees.

Yes, that would do it.  Upstream is OK, so it looks like this crept in
when being cherry-picked into stable-2.6.32/master and stable-2.6.35/master.

    J

> --- drivers/xen/events.c.orig   2010-09-23 16:10:34.257124313 +0100
> +++ drivers/xen/events.c        2010-09-23 16:10:44.326194462 +0100
> @@ -935,7 +935,7 @@
>  	.retrigger		= retrigger_dynirq,
>  };
>
> -static struct irq_chip en_percpu_chip __read_mostly = {
> +static struct irq_chip xen_percpu_chip __read_mostly = {
>  	.name			= "xen-percpu",
>
>  	.disable		= disable_dynirq,
>
> James
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