Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754382AbZCVNJ5 (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Mar 2009 09:09:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752735AbZCVNJr (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Mar 2009 09:09:47 -0400 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:38583 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751669AbZCVNJq (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Mar 2009 09:09:46 -0400 Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:09:37 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Fernando Lopez-Lezcano Cc: Thomas Gleixner , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [Announce] 2.6.29-rc8-rt2 Message-ID: <20090322130937.GA22848@elte.hu> References: <1235513895.3816.11.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1235595160.9252.49.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1235619922.31774.17.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1236984825.10748.17.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1237661053.3196.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20090321184904.GA19352@elte.hu> <1237662372.3574.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1237663624.3200.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1237687635.3424.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1237687635.3424.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.5 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1835 Lines: 44 * Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote: > On Sat, 2009-03-21 at 12:27 -0700, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote: > > On Sat, 2009-03-21 at 12:06 -0700, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote: > > > On Sat, 2009-03-21 at 19:49 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > * Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote: > > > > > > > > > Mar 21 10:47:43 localhost kernel: kernel tried to execute NX-protected > > > > > page - exploit attempt? (uid: 0) > > > > > Mar 21 10:47:43 localhost kernel: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging > > > > > request at f6400800 > > > > > > > > kernel tried to execute some really weird address, probably via a > > > > function pointer. > > > > > > Strangely enough rc8-rt1 boots (almost). _Exact_ same build with the > > > exception of the change from rt1 -> rt2. > > > > > > Haldaemon does not start on boot (fails), if I login as root and start > > > the haldaemon service manually it starts. And then things seem to work > > > fine (I'm writing this email from that machine). Still investigating... > > > > First problem was due to old firmware for the iwl3945 hardware. I > > updated to the latest and hal started fine (this is on fc9). > > > > Now another one related to xorg/drm... > > Scratch that, I had an old version of xorg/drm installed in this > particular machine and the new kernel did not like it. Seems to > boot fine now... sorry for the noise. No problem :-) I'm wondering, do you have any theory about how the old firmware cause that weird NX-fault kernel crash? For a few minutes i took it for an x86 crash. Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/