I booting kernel on 8xx 2.6.10-rc3 while trying to debug non-working console, I moved console_init() call way down in __init start_kernel() and put indefinite while loop right after it - is it legtimate thing to do ?
Then I got soft reboot and was able to examine the content of the log buffer in the bootloader. I see that in a trace (function call sequence): console_init()->con_init()->__alloc_bootmem() I am getting "Oops: kernel access of bad area" I am looking for advise, Thanks, Alex ****************************************************** ........... lock_kernel(); page_address_init(); printk(linux_banner); setup_arch(&command_line); setup_per_cpu_areas(); /* * Mark the boot cpu "online" so that it can call console drivers in * printk() and can access its per-cpu storage. */ smp_prepare_boot_cpu(); /* * Set up the scheduler prior starting any interrupts (such as the * timer interrupt). Full topology setup happens at smp_init() * time - but meanwhile we still have a functioning scheduler. */ sched_init(); build_all_zonelists(); page_alloc_init(); printk("Kernel command line: %s\n", saved_command_line); parse_early_param(); parse_args("Booting kernel", command_line, __start___param, __stop___param - __start___param, &unknown_bootoption); sort_main_extable(); trap_init(); rcu_init(); init_IRQ(); pidhash_init(); init_timers(); softirq_init(); time_init(); /* * HACK ALERT! This is early. We're ena bling the console before * we've done PCI setups etc, and console_init() must be aware of * this. But we do want output early, in case something goes wrong. */ /* console_init(); */ <<======================================================== if (panic_later) panic(panic_later, panic_param); profile_init(); local_irq_enable(); #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRDa if (initrd_start && !initrd_below_start_ok && initrd_start < min_low_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT) { printk(KERN_CRIT "initrd overwritten (0x%08lx < 0x%08lx) - " "disabling it.\n",initrd_start,min_low_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT); initrd_start = 0; } #endif vfs_caches_init_early(); mem_init(); kmem_cache_init(); console_init(); <<======================================================== while (1); <<======================================================== numa_policy_init(); if (late_time_init) late_time_init(); calibrate_delay(); pidmap_init(); pgtable_cache_init(); prio_tree_init(); anon_vma_init(); #ifdef CONFIG_X86 ...... ******************* ****************** grep log_buf System.map c0197a28 d log_buf c0197a2c d log_buf_len c01c6464 t log_buf_len_setup c01d03a0 t __setup_str_log_buf_len_setup c01d08f0 t __setup_log_buf_len_setup c01d4a9c b __log_buf ******************************* R 0c01d4a9c b __log_buf <4>Linux version 1d4aac | 20 32 2e 36 2e 31 30 2d 72 63 33 20 28 61 70 6f | 2.6.10-rc3 (apo 1d4abc | 76 6f 6c 6f 74 40 6c 6f 63 61 6c 68 6f 73 74 2e | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1d4acc | 6c 6f 63 61 6c 64 6f 6d 61 69 6e 29 20 28 67 63 | localdomain) (gc 1d4adc | 63 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 33 2e 34 2e 31 29 | c version 3.4.1) 1d4aec | 20 23 38 36 20 4d 6f 6e 20 4a 61 6e 20 32 34 20 | #86 Mon Jan 24 1d4afc | 31 39 3a 35 38 3a 33 31 20 45 53 54 20 32 30 30 | 19:58:31 EST 200 1d4b0c | 35 0a 3c 37 3e 4f 6e 20 6e 6f 64 65 20 30 20 74 | 5.<7>On node 0 t 1d4b1c | 6f 74 61 6c 70 61 67 65 73 3a 20 38 31 39 32 0a | otalpages: 8192. 1d4b2c | 3c 37 3e 20 20 44 4d 41 20 7a 6f 6e 65 3a 20 38 | <7> DMA zone: 81 1d4b2d - 1d4b3c - same lines as above 1d4b3d | 39 32 20 70 61 67 65 73 2c 20 4c 49 46 4f 20 62 | 92 pages, LIFO b 1d4b4d | 61 74 63 68 3a 32 0a 3c 37 3e 20 20 4e 6f 72 6d | atch:2.<7> Norm 1d4b5d | 61 6c 20 7a 6f 6e 65 3a 20 30 20 70 61 67 65 73 | al zone: 0 pages 1d4b6d | 2c 20 4c 49 46 4f 20 62 61 74 63 68 3a 31 0a 3c | , LIFO batch:1.< 1d4b7d | 37 3e 20 20 48 69 67 68 4d 65 6d 20 7a 6f 6e 65 | 7> HighMem zone 1d4b8d | 3a 20 30 20 70 61 67 65 73 2c 20 4c 49 46 4f 20 | : 0 pages, LIFO 1d4b3d | 62 61 74 63 68 3a 31 0a 3c 34 3e 42 75 69 6c 74 | batch:1.<4>Built 1d4b3e - 1d4bbb SAME LINES AS ABOV 1 zonelists.<4> 1d4bbd | 4b 65 72 6e 65 6c 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 20 6c | Kernel command li 1d4bce | 6e 65 3a 20 63 6f 6e 73 6f 6c 65 3d 74 74 79 43 | ne: console=ttyC 1d4bde | 50 4d 30 2c 31 31 35 32 30 30 20 70 61 6e 69 63 | PM0,115200 panic 1d4bee | 3d 33 20 72 6f 6f 74 3d 2f 64 65 76 2f 72 61 6d | =3 root=/dev/ram 1d4bfe | 0a 3c 34 3e 50 49 44 20 68 61 73 68 20 74 61 62 | .<4>PID hash tab 1d4c0e | 6c 65 20 65 6e 74 72 69 65 73 3a 20 32 35 36 20 | le entries: 256 1d4c1e | 28 6f 72 64 65 72 3a 20 38 2c 20 34 30 39 36 20 | (order: 8, 4096 1d4c2e | 62 79 74 65 73 29 0a 3c 34 3e 44 65 63 72 65 6d | bytes).<4>Decrem 1d4c3e | 65 6e 74 65 72 20 46 72 65 71 75 65 6e 63 79 20 | enter Frequency 1d4c4e | 3d 20 31 38 37 35 30 30 30 30 30 2f 36 30 0a 3c | = 187500000/60.<5 1d4c5f | 3e 6d 38 78 78 5f 77 64 74 3a 20 77 64 74 20 64 | >m8xx_wdt: wdt d 1d4c6f | 69 73 61 62 6c 65 64 20 28 53 59 50 43 52 3a 20 | isabled (SYPCR: 1d4c7f | 30 78 34 43 34 42 46 46 38 31 29 0a 3c 34 3e 44 | 0x4C4BFF81).<4>D 1d4c8f | 65 6e 74 72 79 20 63 61 63 68 65 20 68 61 73 68 | entry cache hash 1d4c9f | 20 74 61 62 6c 65 20 65 6e 74 72 69 65 73 3a 20 | table entries: 1d4caf | 38 31 39 32 20 28 6f 72 64 65 72 3a 20 33 2c 20 | 8192 (order: 3, 1d4cbf | 33 32 37 36 38 20 62 79 74 65 73 29 0a 3c 34 3e | 32768 bytes).<4> 1d4ccf | 49 6e 6f 64 65 2d 63 61 63 68 65 20 68 61 73 68 | Inode-cache hash 1d4cdf | 20 74 61 62 6c 65 20 65 6e 74 72 69 65 73 3a 20 | table entries: 4 1d4cf0 | 30 39 36 20 28 6f 72 64 65 72 3a 20 32 2c 20 31 | 096 (order: 2, 1 1d4d00 | 36 33 38 34 20 62 79 74 65 73 29 0a 3c 34 3e 4d | 6384 bytes).<4>M 1d4d10 | 65 6d 6f 72 79 3a 20 33 30 34 36 34 6b 20 61 76 | emory: 30464k av 1d4d20 | 61 69 6c 61 62 6c 65 20 28 31 34 34 34 6b 20 6b | ailable (1444k k 1d4d30 | 65 72 6e 65 6c 20 63 6f 64 65 2c 20 34 30 38 6b | ernel code, 408k 1d4d40 | 20 64 61 74 61 2c 20 38 30 6b 20 69 6e 69 74 2c | data, 80k init, 1d4d50 | 20 30 6b 20 68 69 67 68 6d 65 6d 29 0a 3c 34 3e | 0k highmem).<4> 1d4d60 | 4f 6f 70 73 3a 20 6b 65 72 6e 65 6c 20 61 63 63 | Oops: kernel acc <<====================== 1d4d70 | 65 73 73 20 6f 66 20 62 61 64 20 61 72 65 61 2c | ess of bad area, 1d4d81 | 73 69 67 3a 20 31 31 20 5b 23 31 5d 0a 3c 34 3e | sig: 11 [#1].<4> 1d4d91 | 4e 49 50 3a 20 43 30 31 43 37 36 41 43 20 4c 52 | NIP: C01C76AC LR 1d4da1 | 3a 20 43 30 31 43 37 43 34 43 20 53 50 3a 20 43 | : C01C7C4C SP: C 1d4db1 | 30 31 42 44 46 34 30 20 52 45 47 53 3a 20 63 30 | 01BDF40 REGS: c0 1d4dc1 | 31 62 64 65 39 30 20 54 52 41 50 3a 20 30 33 30 | 1bde90 TRAP: 030 1d4dd1 | 30 20 20 20 20 4e 6f 74 20 74 61 69 6e 74 65 64 | 0 Not tainted 1d4de1 | 0a 3c 34 3e 4d 53 52 3a 20 30 30 30 30 39 30 33 | .<4>MSR: 0000903 1d4df1 | 32 20 45 45 3a 20 31 20 50 52 3a 20 30 20 46 50 | 2 EE: 1 PR: 0 FP 1d4e01 | 3a 20 30 20 4d 45 3a 20 31 20 49 52 2f 44 52 3a | : 0 ME: 1 IR/DR: 1d4e12 | 31 31 0a 3c 34 3e 44 41 52 3a 20 30 30 30 30 30 | 11.<4>DAR: 00000 1d4e22 | 30 30 30 2c 20 44 53 49 53 52 3a 20 30 30 30 30 | 000, DSISR: 0000 1d4e32 | 30 30 30 41 0a 3c 34 3e 54 41 53 4b 20 3d 20 63 | 000A.<4>TASK = c 1d4e42 | 30 31 39 36 39 32 30 5b 30 5d 20 27 73 77 61 70 | 0196920[0] 'swap 1d4e52 | 70 65 72 27 20 54 48 52 45 41 44 3a 20 63 30 31 | per' THREAD: c01 1d4e62 | 62 63 30 30 30 4c 61 73 74 20 73 79 73 63 61 6c | bc000Last syscal 1d4e72 | 6c 3a 20 30 20 0a 3c 36 3e 47 50 52 30 30 3a 20 | l: 0 .<6>GPR00: 1d4e82 | 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 20 43 30 31 42 44 46 34 | 00000000 C01BDF4 1d4e92 | 30 20 43 30 31 39 36 39 32 30 20 30 30 30 30 32 | 0 C0196920 00002 1d4ea3 | 30 30 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 20 30 30 30 30 | 00 00000000 0000 1d4eb3 | 30 30 30 30 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 20 30 30 | 0000 00000000 00 1d4ec3 | 30 30 30 30 30 30 20 0a 3c 36 3e 47 50 52 30 38 | 000000 .<6>GPR08 1d4ed3 | 3a 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 20 30 30 30 30 30 | : 00000000 00000 1d4ee3 | 30 30 30 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 20 30 30 30 | 000 00000000 000 1d4ef3 | 30 32 30 30 30 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 20 30 | 02000 00000000 0 1d4f03 | 30 30 31 32 41 35 43 20 30 38 30 30 30 30 30 31 | 0012A5C 08000001 1d4f13 | 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 32 30 20 0a 3c 36 3e 47 50 | 00000020 .<6>GP 1d4f23 | 52 31 36 3a 20 30 34 30 31 33 41 44 30 20 30 34 | R16: 04013AD0 040 1d4f34 | 31 32 32 41 30 20 32 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 20 32 | 122A0 20000000 2 1d4f44 | 30 30 30 30 38 30 30 20 32 30 30 30 30 38 30 38 | 0000800 20000808 1d4f54 | 20 30 30 30 32 30 30 30 30 20 32 30 30 30 30 30 | 00020000 200000 1d4f64 | 30 34 20 30 30 30 30 36 30 30 30 20 0a 3c 36 3e | 04 00006000 .<6> 1d4f74 | 47 50 52 32 34 3a 20 46 46 46 46 46 46 46 46 20 | GPR24: FFFFFFFF 1d4f84 | 30 30 30 30 30 31 33 34 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 | 00000134 0000000 1d4f94 | 46 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 31 20 46 46 46 46 46 | F 00000001 FFFFF 1d4fa4 | 46 46 46 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 31 30 20 30 30 30 | FFF 00000010 000 1d4fb4 | 30 30 30 30 31 20 43 30 31 44 42 35 38 34 20 0a | 00001 C01DB584 .< 1d4fc5 | 34 3e 4e 49 50 20 5b 63 30 31 63 37 36 61 63 5d | 4>NIP [c01c76ac] 1d4fd5 | 20 5f 5f 61 6c 6c 6f 63 5f 62 6f 6f 74 6d 65 6d | __alloc_bootmem 1d4fe5 | 5f 63 6f 72 65 2b 30 78 31 30 38 2f 30 78 33 61 | _core+0x108/0x3a 1d4ff5 | 30 0a 3c 34 3e 4c 52 20 5b 63 30 31 63 37 63 34 | 0.<4>LR [c01c7c4 1d5005 | 63 5d 20 5f 5f 61 6c 6c 6f 63 5f 62 6f 6f 74 6d | c] __alloc_bootm 1d5015 | 65 6d 2b 30 78 34 30 2f 30 78 38 34 0a 3c 34 3e | em+0x40/0x84.<4> 1d5025 | 43 61 6c 6c 20 74 72 61 63 65 3a 0a 3c 34 3e 20 | Call trace:.<4> 1d5035 | 5b 63 30 31 63 37 63 34 63 5d 20 5f 5f 61 6c 6c | [c01c7c4c] __all 1d5045 | 6f 63 5f 62 6f 6f 74 6d 65 6d 2b 30 78 34 30 2f | oc_bootmem+0x40/0 1d5056 | 78 38 34 0a 3c 34 3e 20 5b 63 30 31 63 62 38 33 | x84.<4> [c01cb83 1d5066 | 34 5d 20 63 6f 6e 5f 69 6e 69 74 2b 30 78 64 30 | 4] con_init+0xd0 1d5076 | 2f 30 78 32 61 34 0a 3c 34 3e 20 5b 63 30 31 63 | /0x2a4.<4> [c01c 1d5086 | 61 64 64 38 5d 20 63 6f 6e 73 6f 6c 65 5f 69 6e | add8] console_in 1d5096 | 69 74 2b 30 78 34 63 2f 30 78 36 38 0a 3c 34 3e | it+0x4c/0x68.<4> 1d50a6 | 20 5b 63 30 31 62 65 37 32 63 5d 20 73 74 61 72 | [c01be72c] star 1d50b6 | 74 5f 6b 65 72 6e 65 6c 2b 30 78 64 30 2f 30 78 | t_kernel+0xd0/0x 1d50c6 | 65 30 0a 3c 34 3e 20 5b 63 30 30 30 32 30 35 30 | e0.<4> [c0002050 1d50d6 | 5d 20 73 74 61 72 74 5f 68 65 72 65 2b 30 78 34 | ] start_here+0x4c 1d50e7 | 2f 30 78 62 30 0a 3c 30 3e 4b 65 72 6e 65 6c 20 | /0xb0.<0>Kernel <<====================== 1d50f7 | 70 61 6e 69 63 20 2d 20 6e 6f 74 20 73 79 6e 63 | panic - not sync 1d5107 | 69 6e 67 3a 20 41 74 74 65 6d 70 74 65 64 20 74 | ing: Attempted t 1d5117 | 6f 20 6b 69 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 20 69 64 6c 65 20 | o kill the idle 1d5127 | 74 61 73 6b 21 0a 3c 34 3e 20 3c 30 3e 52 65 62 | task!.<4> <0>Reb 1d5137 | 6f 6f 74 69 6e 67 20 69 6e 20 33 20 73 65 63 6f | ooting in 3 seco 1d5147 | 6e 64 73 2e 2e 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | nds............. 1d5157 | 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ 1d5167 | 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/