linux-kernel - Re: [6.1.0-rc3-next-20221104] Boot failure

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <fccbe6b1bd533a84f50cd675b57ecb17@linux.dev>
Date:   Wed, 09 Nov 2022 11:48:58 +0000
From:   "Yajun Deng" <yajun.deng@...ux.dev>
To:     "Mike Rapoport" <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     "Sachin Sant" <sachinp@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "linuxppc-dev" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        "open list" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [6.1.0-rc3-next-20221104] Boot failure - kernel BUG at
 mm/memblock.c:519

November 9, 2022 7:42 PM, "Mike Rapoport" <rppt@...ux.ibm.com> wrote:

> Hi Yajun,
> 
> On Wed, Nov 09, 2022 at 11:32:27AM +0000, Yajun Deng wrote:
> 
>> November 9, 2022 6:55 PM, "Sachin Sant" <sachinp@...ux.ibm.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On 09-Nov-2022, at 3:55 PM, Yajun Deng <yajun.deng@...ux.dev> wrote:
>> 
>> November 9, 2022 6:03 PM, "Yajun Deng" <yajun.deng@...ux.dev> wrote:
>> 
>> Hey Mike,
>> 
>> Sorry, this email should be sent to Sachin but not Mike.
>> Please forgive my confusion. So:
>> 
>> Hey Sachin,
>> Can you help me test the attached file?
>> Please use this new patch instead of the one in memblock tree.
>> 
>> Thanks for the fix. With the updated patch kernel boots correctly.
>> 
>> Thanks for your test results.
>> 
>> Hi Mike,
>> Do you have any other suggestions for this patch? If not, I'll send a v3 patch.
> 
> Unfortunately I don't think the new version has much value as it does not
> really eliminate the second loop in case memory allocation is required.
> I'd say the improvement is not worth the churn.
> 
OK, I got it.

>> Tested-by: Sachin Sant <sachinp@...ux.ibm.com <sachinp@...ux.ibm.com>>
>> 
>> - Sachin
> 
> --
> Sincerely yours,
> Mike.