James Morris wrote:
> I'm triggering this BUG_ON during boot, which happens while freeing initrd
> memory:
>
> EIP is at free_init_pages+0x37/0xac
> [<c01143f1>] free_initrd_mem+0x11/0x13
> [<c03ce259>] free_initrd+0x13/0x29
> [<c03cf647>] populate_rootfs+0xdc/0xe2
> [<c01003af>] init+0x42/0x253
> [<c0103bbb>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10
>
>
> I'm not sure why this memory isn't aligned now.
>
> The patch below allows my system to boot. Any clues about the correct fix
> appreciated.
>
Is this booting native or under Xen? I put the BUG_ON in there since if
it isn't page-aligned, freeing the page would seem to be freeing
something else unexpectedly... I think ChrisW was triggering this
BUG_ON at one point, but I don't think we've worked out what's going on
here.
J
