Re: [BISECTED]: Kernel panic (was: Linux 5.7-rc2)

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Tue Apr 21 2020 - 17:42:02 EST


On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 02:30:06PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Also, see
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/b90ba443-9b9d-481e-7ecc-d5a25816e02f@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
> where Dave Kleikamp seems to say that it happens on his Lenovo T410.
>
> So I do think it's real, and _not_ virtualization. Please don't
> dismiss it as some vmware artifact. Looks more like it's triggered by
> some Lenovo Thinkpad BIOS setup issue.

Oh, right (I actually saw that email when I picked up the patches, but
clearly instantly forgot about it again). If the BIOS gets the tables
funny we hit the same paths.

Anyway, it would be good if the reporter can confirm, I've also queued
those patches for /urgent, so they should show up soonish.