Re: unable to handle kernel paging request at 40000000 __alloc_memory_core_early+0x147/0x1d6

[Conny Seidel <conny.seidel@amd.com>]

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On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 21:03:42 -0400
Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> wrote:

>On 07/09/2010 04:51 PM, Conny Seidel wrote:
>> On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 18:07:50 -0400
>> Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On 07/09/2010 01:42 PM, Conny Seidel wrote:
>>>> sparse_early_mem_map_alloc: sparsemem memory map backing failed some
>>>> memory will not be available.
>>>
>>> please check
>>>
>> This still panics, see logfile for complete trace.
>>
>
>this one should fix the problem.
>
>Thanks
>
>Yinghai

Yes, Patch -v3 fixes the issue, thanks.

>[PATCH -v3] x86,nobootmem: make alloc_bootmem_node fall back to other node when 32bit numa are used
>
>Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com> reported his 32bit numa has problem:
>
>[    0.000000] Reserving total of 4c00 pages for numa KVA remap
>[    0.000000] kva_start_pfn ~ 32800 max_low_pfn ~ 375fe
>[    0.000000] max_pfn = 238000
>[    0.000000] 8202MB HIGHMEM available.
>[    0.000000] 885MB LOWMEM available.
>[    0.000000]   mapped low ram: 0 - 375fe000
>[    0.000000]   low ram: 0 - 375fe000
>[    0.000000] alloc (nid=8 100000 - 7ee00000) (1000000 - ffffffff) 1000 1000 => 34e7000
>[    0.000000] alloc (nid=8 100000 - 7ee00000) (1000000 - ffffffff) 200 40 => 34c9d80
>[    0.000000] alloc (nid=0 100000 - 7ee00000) (1000000 - ffffffffffffffff) 180 40 => 34e6140
>[    0.000000] alloc (nid=1 80000000 - c7e60000) (1000000 - ffffffffffffffff) 240 40 => 80000000
>[    0.000000] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 40000000
>[    0.000000] IP: [<c2c8cff1>] __alloc_memory_core_early+0x147/0x1d6
>[    0.000000] *pdpt = 0000000000000000 *pde = f000ff53f000ff00
>...
>[    0.000000] Call Trace:
>[    0.000000]  [<c2c8b4f8>] ? __alloc_bootmem_node+0x216/0x22f
>[    0.000000]  [<c2c90c9b>] ? sparse_early_usemaps_alloc_node+0x5a/0x10b
>[    0.000000]  [<c2c9149e>] ? sparse_init+0x1dc/0x499
>[    0.000000]  [<c2c79118>] ? paging_init+0x168/0x1df
>[    0.000000]  [<c2c780ff>] ? native_pagetable_setup_start+0xef/0x1bb
>
>looks like it allocate much high address for bootmem.
>
>try to cut limit with get_max_mapped()
>
>-v3: make alloc_bootmem_node could fallback to other node.
>     just like old alloc_bootmem_node did
>
>need this patch for 2.6.34 and 2.6.35
>
>Reported-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>
>Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
>Cc: stable@kernel.org

Tested-by: Conny Seidel <conny.seidel@amd.com>

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