On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 02:47:40 MST, "Ivan G." <ivangurdiev@attbi.com> said:
> Kernel: 2.5.58 (everything but the tag changeset)
>
> My attempt to boot an initrd resulted in the following oops:
> (scribbled down important parts)
> =======================================================
> unable to handle kernel NULL pointer at virtual address 00000064
> Call Trace:
> ==========
> kobject_del+0x13/0x30
> kobject_unregister+0x13/0x30
> elv_unregister_queue+0x1c/0x30
> unlink_gendisk+0x13/0x40
> del_gendisk+0x80/0x140
> initrd_release+0x4e/0x90
> __fput+0xf1/0x100
> filp_close+0x74/0xa0
> sys_close+0x62/0xa0
> syscall_call+0x7/0xb
> prepare_namespace+0x13a/0x1b0
> init+0x3a/0x160
> init+0x0/0x160
> kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0x18
> ...
> Code: 8b 70 28 85 f6 0f 84 1e 01 00 00 8b 06 85 c0 75 08 0f 0b 02
I got bit by this one too. Just for grins, I did a 'make clean' and then
rebuilt - same compiler and config - and the bzImage ended up one byte shorter.
A diff of the System.map files is interesting:
diff -c /boot/System.map-2.5.58 System.map
*** /boot/System.map-2.5.58 2003-01-14 01:47:27.000000000 -0500
--- System.map 2003-01-14 12:57:30.000000000 -0500
***************
*** 1,5 ****
0000002a A snd_minor_info_done
! 00000080 A _binary_usr_initramfs_data_cpio_gz_size
000000dd A snd_card_info_done
000000fc A snd_memory_info_done
0000011b A snd_info_done
--- 1,5 ----
0000002a A snd_minor_info_done
! 0000007f A _binary_usr_initramfs_data_cpio_gz_size
000000dd A snd_card_info_done
000000fc A snd_memory_info_done
0000011b A snd_info_done
***************
*** 21863,21872 ****
c044d940 A __initcall_end
c044e000 A __initramfs_start
c044e000 T _binary_usr_initramfs_data_cpio_gz_start
! c044e080 A __initramfs_end
c044e080 A __per_cpu_end
c044e080 A __per_cpu_start
- c044e080 T _binary_usr_initramfs_data_cpio_gz_end
c044f000 A __bss_start
c044f000 A __init_end
c044f000 B rows
--- 21863,21872 ----
c044d940 A __initcall_end
c044e000 A __initramfs_start
c044e000 T _binary_usr_initramfs_data_cpio_gz_start
! c044e07f A __initramfs_end
! c044e07f T _binary_usr_initramfs_data_cpio_gz_end
c044e080 A __per_cpu_end
c044e080 A __per_cpu_start
c044f000 A __bss_start
c044f000 A __init_end
c044f000 B rows
After a 'make clean', the size dropped from 0x80 to 0x7f - this cleaned
up the one-byte overlap between per_cpu_start and cpio_gz_end, which looks
suspicious to me. I'll try booting the new kernel when I get a chance.
-- Valdis Kletnieks Computer Systems Senior Engineer Virginia Tech
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