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Re: [Qemu-devel] Funny -m arguments can crash
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Jan Kiszka |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] Funny -m arguments can crash |
Date: |
Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:01:53 +0200 |
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On 2012-08-14 12:51, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 08/14/2012 01:44 PM, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> On 2012-08-14 12:20, Avi Kivity wrote:
>>> On 08/14/2012 11:44 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Next error:
>>>>
>>>> $ gdb --args qemu-system-x86_64 -nodefaults --enable-kvm -vnc :0
>>>> -monitor stdio -m 640k
>>>> [...]
>>>> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
>>>> [...]
>>>> (gdb) bt
>>>> #0 0x0000003b0de884ac in __memcmp_sse2 () from /lib64/libc.so.6
>>>> #1 0x000000000063f1ad in patch_hypercalls (s=0x139b350)
>>>> at /work/armbru/qemu/hw/i386/../kvmvapic.c:532
>>>> #2 0x000000000063f3fe in vapic_prepare (s=0x139b350)
>>>> at /work/armbru/qemu/hw/i386/../kvmvapic.c:597
>>>> #3 0x000000000063f4ed in vapic_write (opaque=0x139b350, addr=0,
>>>> data=32, size=
>>>> 2) at /work/armbru/qemu/hw/i386/../kvmvapic.c:634
>>>> #4 0x0000000000677a44 in memory_region_write_accessor
>>>> (opaque=0x139d670, addr=
>>>>
>>>> Happens when -m argument is a multiple of 4k in [648k..768k]. Only with
>>>> --enable-kvm. With and without my CMOS fix applied.
>>>
>>> kvmvapic requires RAM to be present underneath the ROM. We could fix up
>>> kvmvapic to allocate a 4k region and insert it as an overlay, but it's
>>> sufficient IMO to require sub-1M users to disable it. It won't be of
>>> any use to the anyway as Windows XP requires more than 1MB.
>>
>> We can also easily automatically disable it when there is insufficient
>> (<1MB) memory. Will post a patch.
>
> Would be nicer if it auto-disables itself, but don't know if the option
> ROM has access to the memory size.
There is that global ram_size, also used by vmport. Not really nice but
no precedent.
Jan
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- Re: [Qemu-devel] Funny -m arguments can crash, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Funny -m arguments can crash, Kevin O'Connor, 2012/08/19
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Funny -m arguments can crash, Anthony Liguori, 2012/08/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Funny -m arguments can crash, Markus Armbruster, 2012/08/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Funny -m arguments can crash, Markus Armbruster, 2012/08/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Funny -m arguments can crash, Avi Kivity, 2012/08/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Funny -m arguments can crash, Jan Kiszka, 2012/08/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Funny -m arguments can crash, Avi Kivity, 2012/08/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Funny -m arguments can crash,
Jan Kiszka <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Funny -m arguments can crash, Avi Kivity, 2012/08/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Funny -m arguments can crash, Jan Kiszka, 2012/08/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Funny -m arguments can crash, Avi Kivity, 2012/08/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Funny -m arguments can crash, Markus Armbruster, 2012/08/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Funny -m arguments can crash, Avi Kivity, 2012/08/14