Bug#536354: linux-2.6: [s390,lenny] kernel panic during boot

[dann frazier <dannf@dannf.org>]

On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 11:46:37PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> On Thursday 09 July 2009, Frans Pop wrote:
> > Here's what I currently know for certain:
> > * 2.6.26-13 built with gcc-4.1 (4.1.2-24) boots [2]
> > * 2.6.26-17 built with gcc-4.1 (4.1.2-25) panics
> > * 2.6.26-17 built with gcc-4.2 (4.2.4-6)  boots
> 
> Bisect... - the following all built with gcc-4.1 (4.1.2-25):
> * 2.6.26-15lenny3 panics
> * 2.6.26-14       panics
> * 2.6.26-13       boots
> * 2.6.26-13lenny1 boots
> * 2.6.26-13lenny2 boots
> 
> => the problem is in 2.6.26-14
> 
> (I guess this also tells us a lot about how many users run Lenny s390 with 
> a Debian kernel :-/ Unless maybe s390x is not affected.)
> 
> /me looks at patches in -14
> Hmmm, panic is about where modules first get loaded, let's try reverting 
> bugfix/parisc/fix-loading-large-kmods.patch.
> 
> Nope. Still panics. Do you have any ideas? Bastian maybe?

I'd suggest the CVE-2009-0029 fixes. Lots of arch-specific stuff in
there.

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dann frazier