xen+vimage kernel panic

Nathan Friess nathan.friess at gmail.com
Mon Aug 27 00:45:04 UTC 2018


On 2018-08-20 03:49 AM, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
>>> Are there any thoughts on why the xn interface would cause a panic
>>> there?
>>
>> The xn driver calls arp_ifinit() without setting the vnet context
>> first.  Perhaps the attached patch could help (not even compile
>> tested...)
> 
> I know nothing about VNET, so is this initialization required now that
> VNET is enabled? Is this an existing bug in netfront that was harmless
> before VNET was activated?
> 
> Can you please file a bug report and attach the patch?

Hi Roger and everyone,

My apologies for not opening the bug report earlier this week.  I tested 
the patch this weekend and it indeed does fix the panic in my domUs.

Cheers,

Nathan


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