linux-kernel - [3.9-rc1] Bug in bootup code or debug code?

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Message-Id: <201303050015.GGI39081.LOVFtOFHQOJFSM@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Date:	Tue, 5 Mar 2013 00:15:44 +0900
From:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [3.9-rc1] Bug in bootup code or debug code?

Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I can boot linux-next-20130205 using kernel config at
> http://I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp/tmp/config-3.8-rc6-next-20130205 .
> But I get VMware's virtual machine kernel stack fault (hardware reset) as soon
> as kernel is loaded if CONFIG_DEBUG_VIRTUAL=y is added to the config above.
> 
> Since I don't get kernel stack fault if CONFIG_DEBUG_VIRTUAL=y is added to
> kernel config generated by "make allnoconfig", I guess something is wrong with
> code which is executed at very early stage of bootup.
> 
> Any clue?
> 
> Regards.
> 

This bug is not yet fixed as of 3.9-rc1.
Should I run git bisect?

Regards.
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