On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 6:28 AM, Michael Neuling <mikey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > xics_init() assumes kvm->nrcpus is already setup. kvm->nrcpus is setup > in kvm_cpu_init() > > Unfortunately xics_init() and kvm_cpu_init() both use base_init(). So > depending on the order randomly determined by the compiler, xics_init() > may initialised see kvm->nrcpus as 0 and not setup any of the icp VCPU > pointers. This manifests itself later in boot when trying to raise an > IRQ resulting in a null pointer deference/segv. > > This moves xics_init() to use dev_base_init() to ensure it happens after > kvm_cpu_init(). > > Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey@xxxxxxxxxxx> Applied, thanks a lot! -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
