Ah, my mail client found the thread that tells me this was fixed in commit 35e4e96c4d5bfcf. So we can close this.
** Changed in: qemu Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1378554 Title: qemu segfault in virtio_scsi_handle_cmd_req_submit on ARM 32 bit Status in QEMU: Fix Released Bug description: /home/rjones/d/qemu/arm-softmmu/qemu-system-arm \ -global virtio-blk-device.scsi=off \ -nodefconfig \ -enable-fips \ -nodefaults \ -display none \ -M virt \ -machine accel=kvm:tcg \ -m 500 \ -no-reboot \ -rtc driftfix=slew \ -global kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy=discard \ -kernel /home/rjones/d/libguestfs/tmp/.guestfs-1001/appliance.d/kernel \ -initrd /home/rjones/d/libguestfs/tmp/.guestfs-1001/appliance.d/initrd \ -device virtio-scsi-device,id=scsi \ -drive file=/home/rjones/d/libguestfs/tmp/libguestfseV4fT5/scratch.1,cache=unsafe,format=raw,id=hd0,if=none \ -device scsi-hd,drive=hd0 \ -drive file=/home/rjones/d/libguestfs/tmp/.guestfs-1001/appliance.d/root,snapshot=on,id=appliance,cache=unsafe,if=none \ -device scsi-hd,drive=appliance \ -device virtio-serial-device \ -serial stdio \ -chardev socket,path=/home/rjones/d/libguestfs/tmp/libguestfseV4fT5/guestfsd.sock,id=channel0 \ -device virtserialport,chardev=channel0,name=org.libguestfs.channel.0 \ -append 'panic=1 mem=500M console=ttyAMA0 udevtimeout=6000 no_timer_check lpj=4464640 acpi=off printk.time=1 cgroup_disable=memory root=/dev/sdb selinux=0 guestfs_verbose=1 TERM=xterm-256color' The appliance boots, but segfaults as soon as the virtio-scsi driver is loaded: supermin: internal insmod virtio_scsi.ko [ 3.992963] scsi0 : Virtio SCSI HBA libguestfs: error: appliance closed the connection unexpectedly, see earlier error messages I captured a core dump: Core was generated by `/home/rjones/d/qemu/arm-softmmu/qemu-system-arm -global virtio-blk-device.scsi='. Program terminated with signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. #0 0x000856bc in virtio_scsi_handle_cmd_req_submit (s=<optimized out>, req=0x6c03acf8) at /home/rjones/d/qemu/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c:551 551 bdrv_io_unplug(req->sreq->dev->conf.bs); (gdb) bt #0 0x000856bc in virtio_scsi_handle_cmd_req_submit (s=<optimized out>, req=0x6c03acf8) at /home/rjones/d/qemu/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c:551 #1 0x0008573a in virtio_scsi_handle_cmd (vdev=0xac4d68, vq=0xafe4b8) at /home/rjones/d/qemu/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c:573 #2 0x0004fdbe in access_with_adjusted_size (addr=80, value=value@entry=0x4443e6c0, size=size@entry=4, access_size_min=1, access_size_max=<optimized out>, access_size_max@entry=0, access=access@entry=0x4fee9 <memory_region_write_accessor>, mr=mr@entry=0xa53fa8) at /home/rjones/d/qemu/memory.c:480 #3 0x00054234 in memory_region_dispatch_write (size=4, data=2, addr=<optimized out>, mr=0xa53fa8) at /home/rjones/d/qemu/memory.c:1117 #4 io_mem_write (mr=0xa53fa8, addr=<optimized out>, val=val@entry=2, size=size@entry=4) at /home/rjones/d/qemu/memory.c:1958 #5 0x00021c88 in address_space_rw (as=0x3b96b4 <address_space_memory>, addr=167788112, buf=buf@entry=0x4443e790 "\002", len=len@entry=4, is_write=is_write@entry=true) at /home/rjones/d/qemu/exec.c:2135 #6 0x00021de6 in address_space_write (len=4, buf=0x4443e790 "\002", addr=<optimized out>, as=<optimized out>) at /home/rjones/d/qemu/exec.c:2202 #7 subpage_write (opaque=<optimized out>, addr=<optimized out>, value=2, len=4) at /home/rjones/d/qemu/exec.c:1811 #8 0x0004fdbe in access_with_adjusted_size (addr=592, value=value@entry=0x4443e820, size=size@entry=4, access_size_min=1, access_size_max=<optimized out>, access_size_max@entry=0, access=access@entry=0x4fee9 <memory_region_write_accessor>, mr=mr@entry=0xaed980) at /home/rjones/d/qemu/memory.c:480 #9 0x00054234 in memory_region_dispatch_write (size=4, data=2, addr=<optimized out>, mr=0xaed980) at /home/rjones/d/qemu/memory.c:1117 #10 io_mem_write (mr=0xaed980, addr=<optimized out>, val=2, size=size@entry=4) at /home/rjones/d/qemu/memory.c:1958 #11 0x00057f24 in io_writel (retaddr=1121296542, Cannot access memory at address 0x0 addr=<optimized out>, val=2, physaddr=592, env=0x9d6c50) at /home/rjones/d/qemu/softmmu_template.h:381 #12 helper_le_stl_mmu (env=0x9d6c50, addr=<optimized out>, val=2, mmu_idx=<optimized out>, retaddr=1121296542) at /home/rjones/d/qemu/softmmu_template.h:419 #13 0x42d5a0a0 in ?? () Cannot access memory at address 0x0 Backtrace stopped: previous frame identical to this frame (corrupt stack?) (gdb) print req $1 = (VirtIOSCSIReq *) 0x6c03acf8 (gdb) print req->sreq $2 = (SCSIRequest *) 0xc2c2c2c2 (gdb) print req->sreq->dev Cannot access memory at address 0xc2c2c2c6 (gdb) print *req $3 = { dev = 0x6c000040, vq = 0x6c000040, qsgl = { sg = 0x0, nsg = 0, nalloc = -1027423550, size = 3267543746, dev = 0xc2c2c2c2, as = 0xc2c2c2c2 }, resp_iov = { iov = 0xc2c2c2c2, niov = -1027423550, nalloc = -1027423550, size = 3267543746 }, elem = { index = 3267543746, out_num = 3267543746, in_num = 3267543746, in_addr = {14033993530586874562 <repeats 1024 times>}, out_addr = {14033993530586874562 <repeats 1024 times>}, in_sg = {{ iov_base = 0xc2c2c2c2, iov_len = 3267543746 } <repeats 1024 times>}, out_sg = {{ iov_base = 0xc2c2c2c2, iov_len = 3267543746 } <repeats 1024 times>} }, vring = 0xc2c2c2c2, { next = { tqe_next = 0xc2c2c2c2, tqe_prev = 0xc2c2c2c2 }, remaining = -1027423550 }, sreq = 0xc2c2c2c2, resp_size = 3267543746, mode = (SCSI_XFER_TO_DEV | unknown: 3267543744), resp = { cmd = { sense_len = 3267543746, resid = 3267543746, status_qualifier = 49858, status = 194 '\302', response = 194 '\302' }, tmf = { response = 194 '\302' }, an = { event_actual = 3267543746, response = 194 '\302' }, event = { event = 3267543746, lun = "\302\302\302\302\302\302\302", <incomplete sequence \302>, reason = 3267543746 } }, req = { { cmd = { lun = "\302\302\302\302\302\302\302", <incomplete sequence \302>, tag = 14033993530586874562, task_attr = 194 '\302', prio = 194 '\302', crn = 194 '\302' }, cdb = 0x6c042d73 '\302' <repeats 36 times>, <incomplete sequence \302> }, tmf = { type = 3267543746, subtype = 3267543746, lun = "\302\302\302\302\302\302\302", <incomplete sequence \302>, tag = 14033993530586874562 }, an = { type = 3267543746, lun = "\302\302\302\302\302\302\302", <incomplete sequence \302>, event_requested = 3267543746 } } } To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1378554/+subscriptions