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

[Kiyokuni Kawachiya <KAWATIYA@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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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