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Re: [XenPPC] [PATCH] fix allocation bug in xen console

To: Hollis Blanchard <hollisb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [XenPPC] [PATCH] fix allocation bug in xen console
From: Kiyokuni Kawachiya <KAWATIYA@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 01:14:03 +0900
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Hi Hollis,

I reported the bug to Maria and she kindly posted the patch here.

xen-ppc-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 2006/09/09 00:30:18:
> > summary:  fixes allocation error for xen console area
> >
> > details: previous code worked correctly only if the

> > allocated structure fitted in same page as the base address.
> > If the allocated structure did not fit, the
> > computation for the allocation was incorrect.
>
> By the way, how did this bug manifest itself,

> i.e. what were the symptoms?

In my case, the domU system hanged when we use many printf's.
I found that a specific memory area was broken after a specific
printf, and narrowed down where it was broken.

Kiyokuni Kawachiya

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