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Re: [Xen-devel] unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual addres

To: "Christopher S. Aker" <caker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:16:37 +0000
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On 3/3/08 15:03, "Christopher S. Aker" <caker@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Keir Fraser wrote:
>> The virtual addresses being faulted on are all rubbish non-kernel addresses.
>> How long do you run a VM for to see this? Our own (not very in-depth)
>> testing hasn't shown up anything like this.
> 
> Not long -- perhaps a few days to a week.
> 
> Googling around, I'm finding similar posts for non-xen kernels, on newer
> kernels, too:
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/2nwtju
> 
> Any chance this is a bug in Linux itself?

Well, it may just be a fairly generic place to crash if things have become
corrupted. I wonder if it could be related to gcc version, or perhaps if you
see this on one physical host only it might be a faulty DIMM?

 -- Keir



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