Re: Linux 6.3-rc1

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Mon Mar 06 2023 - 13:50:36 EST


On Mon, Mar 06, 2023 at 10:12:01AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 8:52 AM Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Various crashes, affecting several architectures.
> >
> > [ 11.664666] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 000000000002d3db
> > [ 11.667043] lock_acquire+0xcb/0x330
> > [ 11.667163] _raw_spin_lock+0x2b/0x40
> > [ 11.667255] add_timer_on+0x92/0x150
> > [ 11.667302] try_to_generate_entropy+0x256/0x280
>
> Ok, this seems to be due to the issue discussed here
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=witXXeQuP9fgs4dDL2Ex0meXQiHJs+3JEfNdaPwngMVEg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> and I think the fix is as per the appended patch (that particular
> crash is due to the random.c part, but I did the others that 'git
> grep' picked out too).
>
> Can you run your test-runs on this patch?
>
In process.

Guenter