[Qemu-devel] [Bug 1186984] Re: large -initrd can wrap around in memory causing memory corruption
[Expired for QEMU because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: qemu Status: Incomplete => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1186984 Title: large -initrd can wrap around in memory causing memory corruption Status in QEMU: Expired Bug description: We don't use large -initrd in libguestfs any more, but I noticed that a large -initrd file now crashes qemu spectacularly: $ ls -lh /tmp/kernel /tmp/initrd -rw-r--r--. 1 rjones rjones 273M Jun 3 14:02 /tmp/initrd lrwxrwxrwx. 1 rjones rjones 35 Jun 3 14:02 /tmp/kernel -> /boot/vmlinuz-3.9.4-200.fc18.x86_64 $ ./x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -L pc-bios \ -kernel /tmp/kernel -initrd /tmp/initrd -hda /tmp/test1.img -serial stdio \ -append console=ttyS0 qemu crashes with one of several errors: PFLASH: Possible BUG - Write block confirm qemu: fatal: Trying to execute code outside RAM or ROM at 0x000b96cd If -enable-kvm is used: KVM: injection failed, MSI lost (Operation not permitted) In all cases the SDL display fills up with coloured blocks before the crash (see the attached screenshot). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1186984/+subscriptions
[Qemu-devel] [Bug 1186984] Re: large -initrd can wrap around in memory causing memory corruption
The answer is I don't know. Closing this bug seems correct unless someone can reproduce the original problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1186984 Title: large -initrd can wrap around in memory causing memory corruption Status in QEMU: Incomplete Bug description: We don't use large -initrd in libguestfs any more, but I noticed that a large -initrd file now crashes qemu spectacularly: $ ls -lh /tmp/kernel /tmp/initrd -rw-r--r--. 1 rjones rjones 273M Jun 3 14:02 /tmp/initrd lrwxrwxrwx. 1 rjones rjones 35 Jun 3 14:02 /tmp/kernel -> /boot/vmlinuz-3.9.4-200.fc18.x86_64 $ ./x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -L pc-bios \ -kernel /tmp/kernel -initrd /tmp/initrd -hda /tmp/test1.img -serial stdio \ -append console=ttyS0 qemu crashes with one of several errors: PFLASH: Possible BUG - Write block confirm qemu: fatal: Trying to execute code outside RAM or ROM at 0x000b96cd If -enable-kvm is used: KVM: injection failed, MSI lost (Operation not permitted) In all cases the SDL display fills up with coloured blocks before the crash (see the attached screenshot). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1186984/+subscriptions
[Qemu-devel] [Bug 1186984] Re: large -initrd can wrap around in memory causing memory corruption
Triaging old bug tickets... can you still reproduce this issue with the latest version of QEMU? Or could we close this ticket nowadays? ** Changed in: qemu Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1186984 Title: large -initrd can wrap around in memory causing memory corruption Status in QEMU: Incomplete Bug description: We don't use large -initrd in libguestfs any more, but I noticed that a large -initrd file now crashes qemu spectacularly: $ ls -lh /tmp/kernel /tmp/initrd -rw-r--r--. 1 rjones rjones 273M Jun 3 14:02 /tmp/initrd lrwxrwxrwx. 1 rjones rjones 35 Jun 3 14:02 /tmp/kernel -> /boot/vmlinuz-3.9.4-200.fc18.x86_64 $ ./x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -L pc-bios \ -kernel /tmp/kernel -initrd /tmp/initrd -hda /tmp/test1.img -serial stdio \ -append console=ttyS0 qemu crashes with one of several errors: PFLASH: Possible BUG - Write block confirm qemu: fatal: Trying to execute code outside RAM or ROM at 0x000b96cd If -enable-kvm is used: KVM: injection failed, MSI lost (Operation not permitted) In all cases the SDL display fills up with coloured blocks before the crash (see the attached screenshot). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1186984/+subscriptions
[Qemu-devel] [Bug 1186984] Re: large -initrd can wrap around in memory causing memory corruption
Thanks Richard for the quick feedback. A new bug report has been created as https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1435359. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1186984 Title: large -initrd can wrap around in memory causing memory corruption Status in QEMU: New Bug description: We don't use large -initrd in libguestfs any more, but I noticed that a large -initrd file now crashes qemu spectacularly: $ ls -lh /tmp/kernel /tmp/initrd -rw-r--r--. 1 rjones rjones 273M Jun 3 14:02 /tmp/initrd lrwxrwxrwx. 1 rjones rjones 35 Jun 3 14:02 /tmp/kernel -> /boot/vmlinuz-3.9.4-200.fc18.x86_64 $ ./x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -L pc-bios \ -kernel /tmp/kernel -initrd /tmp/initrd -hda /tmp/test1.img -serial stdio \ -append console=ttyS0 qemu crashes with one of several errors: PFLASH: Possible BUG - Write block confirm qemu: fatal: Trying to execute code outside RAM or ROM at 0x000b96cd If -enable-kvm is used: KVM: injection failed, MSI lost (Operation not permitted) In all cases the SDL display fills up with coloured blocks before the crash (see the attached screenshot). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1186984/+subscriptions
[Qemu-devel] [Bug 1186984] Re: large -initrd can wrap around in memory causing memory corruption
Although the error message is the same, the bug in comment 5 seems completely different. Please open a new bug about this issue, giving *all* details - including the full qemu command line. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1186984 Title: large -initrd can wrap around in memory causing memory corruption Status in QEMU: New Bug description: We don't use large -initrd in libguestfs any more, but I noticed that a large -initrd file now crashes qemu spectacularly: $ ls -lh /tmp/kernel /tmp/initrd -rw-r--r--. 1 rjones rjones 273M Jun 3 14:02 /tmp/initrd lrwxrwxrwx. 1 rjones rjones 35 Jun 3 14:02 /tmp/kernel -> /boot/vmlinuz-3.9.4-200.fc18.x86_64 $ ./x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -L pc-bios \ -kernel /tmp/kernel -initrd /tmp/initrd -hda /tmp/test1.img -serial stdio \ -append console=ttyS0 qemu crashes with one of several errors: PFLASH: Possible BUG - Write block confirm qemu: fatal: Trying to execute code outside RAM or ROM at 0x000b96cd If -enable-kvm is used: KVM: injection failed, MSI lost (Operation not permitted) In all cases the SDL display fills up with coloured blocks before the crash (see the attached screenshot). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1186984/+subscriptions
[Qemu-devel] [Bug 1186984] Re: large -initrd can wrap around in memory causing memory corruption
Just saw something similar with qemu 2.2.1: KVM: injection failed, MSI lost (Input/output error) qemu-system-x86_64: /home/bart/software/qemu-2.2.1/hw/net/vhost_net.c:264: vhost_net_stop_one: Assertion `r >= 0' failed. 2015-03-23 02:44:44.952+: shutting down -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1186984 Title: large -initrd can wrap around in memory causing memory corruption Status in QEMU: New Bug description: We don't use large -initrd in libguestfs any more, but I noticed that a large -initrd file now crashes qemu spectacularly: $ ls -lh /tmp/kernel /tmp/initrd -rw-r--r--. 1 rjones rjones 273M Jun 3 14:02 /tmp/initrd lrwxrwxrwx. 1 rjones rjones 35 Jun 3 14:02 /tmp/kernel -> /boot/vmlinuz-3.9.4-200.fc18.x86_64 $ ./x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -L pc-bios \ -kernel /tmp/kernel -initrd /tmp/initrd -hda /tmp/test1.img -serial stdio \ -append console=ttyS0 qemu crashes with one of several errors: PFLASH: Possible BUG - Write block confirm qemu: fatal: Trying to execute code outside RAM or ROM at 0x000b96cd If -enable-kvm is used: KVM: injection failed, MSI lost (Operation not permitted) In all cases the SDL display fills up with coloured blocks before the crash (see the attached screenshot). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1186984/+subscriptions
[Qemu-devel] [Bug 1186984] Re: large -initrd can wrap around in memory causing memory corruption
** Summary changed: - large -initrd crashes qemu + large -initrd can wrap around in memory causing memory corruption -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1186984 Title: large -initrd can wrap around in memory causing memory corruption Status in QEMU: New Bug description: We don't use large -initrd in libguestfs any more, but I noticed that a large -initrd file now crashes qemu spectacularly: $ ls -lh /tmp/kernel /tmp/initrd -rw-r--r--. 1 rjones rjones 273M Jun 3 14:02 /tmp/initrd lrwxrwxrwx. 1 rjones rjones 35 Jun 3 14:02 /tmp/kernel -> /boot/vmlinuz-3.9.4-200.fc18.x86_64 $ ./x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -L pc-bios \ -kernel /tmp/kernel -initrd /tmp/initrd -hda /tmp/test1.img -serial stdio \ -append console=ttyS0 qemu crashes with one of several errors: PFLASH: Possible BUG - Write block confirm qemu: fatal: Trying to execute code outside RAM or ROM at 0x000b96cd If -enable-kvm is used: KVM: injection failed, MSI lost (Operation not permitted) In all cases the SDL display fills up with coloured blocks before the crash (see the attached screenshot). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1186984/+subscriptions
