kern/64378: exec of linux binary in pxeboot diskless nfs root
system causes panic
mark wolgemuth
mark at node.to
Wed Mar 17 09:40:21 PST 2004
>Number: 64378
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: exec of linux binary in pxeboot diskless nfs root system causes panic
>Confidential: no
>Severity: critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
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>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Mar 17 09:40:20 PST 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: mark wolgemuth
>Release: 5.2.1-RELEASE-p1
>Organization:
employease, inc.
>Environment:
FreeBSD nonuts 5.2.1-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p1 #9: Tue Mar 16 12:45:00 EST 2004 root at demon.tek.eease.com:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/NETBOOT i386
>Description:
Kernel is loaded over pxeboot + nfs. Root and usr are mounted over NFS from Netapp.
Modules linux and linprocfs are loaded via loader.conf.
System comes up ok, but execution of a linux binary, eg. "/compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig" causes panic. Instruction ptr is at "Xpage".
I have union mounted /compat/linux under a read/write mounted fs (md in this case) so that /compat/linux/etc/ld.so.cache can be written, to rule out that problem. Since /compat/linux is writeable, so is /compat/linux/var also.
>How-To-Repeat:
Boot a diskless i386 system using pxeboot and root and usr on read-only nfs.
Load linux kernel module. Try to run /compat/linux/ldconfig.
>Fix:
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