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RE: Dom0 crashing when built with c/s 881 (Was: [Xen-devel] blktap2: nee

To: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Isaku Yamahata <yamahata@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Dom0 crashing when built with c/s 881 (Was: [Xen-devel] blktap2: need more than 3 values to unpack)
From: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 15:12:10 -0700 (PDT)
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> Actually I missed that the dependent code is only built if
> CONFIG_PCI_IOMULTI && CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI. You've probably got 
> one or both
> disabled and hence 882 doesn't break without 881 in your case.

In case it helps, with 889 and 881 reverted, I am using the
default config which results in CONFIG_PCI_IOMULTI=y and
CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI=m.

> I can't explain that from reading the code. It looks like a 
> no-op to me
> unless the new function bus_register_notifier() is called.

Looking at my boot output on failure, there are those lines:

"Driver 'xxx' needs updating - please use bus_type methods"

which is printed in linux/drivers/base/driver.c:driver_register()
if a complex set of circumstances are true.  So clearly
something is different.

If that doesn't help, I can go add some printk's where that
output is happening and see exactly what forces the failure.

Dan


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keir Fraser [mailto:keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 3:28 PM
> To: Dan Magenheimer; Isaku Yamahata
> Cc: Xen-Devel (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: Dom0 crashing when built with c/s 881 (Was: [Xen-devel]
> blktap2: need more than 3 values to unpack)
> 
> 
> On 03/06/2009 22:17, "Dan Magenheimer" 
> <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> >>  1. It only adds extra functionality which by default would
> >> not do anything.
> >> Just reading the patch I can see it's harmless by itself 
> as it merely
> >> introduces a new notifier chain which noone registers on.
> > 
> > I won't pretend to understand the code, but I did
> > reproduce the problem with 881 by itself and with
> > 889 with 881 reverted.
> 
> I can't explain that from reading the code. It looks like a 
> no-op to me
> unless the new function bus_register_notifier() is called.
> 
> >>  2. Changeset 882 depends on 881. If you revert just 881 then
> >> the tree will not build.
> > 
> > This doesn't appear to be the case for me, though
> > I'm certainly willing to believe there's something
> > wrong with my process:
> 
> Actually I missed that the dependent code is only built if
> CONFIG_PCI_IOMULTI && CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI. You've probably got 
> one or both
> disabled and hence 882 doesn't break without 881 in your case.
> 
>  -- Keir
> 
> 
>

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