FW: 2.6.18 Fedora core kernel gives: "Overlapping memorysegments at" error
Vivek Goyal
vgoyal at redhat.com
Tue Feb 23 17:36:38 EST 2010
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 05:17:29PM -0500, Soumendu Satapathy wrote:
> $ readelf -l vmlinux
>
> Elf file type is EXEC (Executable file)
> Entry point 0x2000100
> There are 4 program headers, starting at offset 64
>
> Program Headers:
> Type Offset VirtAddr PhysAddr
> FileSiz MemSiz Flags Align
> LOAD 0x0000000000200000 0xffffffff82000000
> 0x0000000002000000
> 0x0000000000658608 0x0000000000658608 R E 200000
> LOAD 0x0000000000859000 0xffffffff82659000
> 0x0000000002659000
> 0x0000000000111085 0x000000000019d6b0 RWE 200000
> LOAD 0x0000000000a00000 0xffffffffff600000
> 0x000000000272d000
> 0x0000000000000c08 0x0000000000000c08 RWE 200000
> NOTE 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000
> 0x0000000000000000
> 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 R 8
>
> Section to Segment mapping:
> Segment Sections...
> 00 .text __ex_table .rodata .pci_fixup __ksymtab __ksymtab_gpl
> __ksymtab_gpl_future __kcrctab __kcrctab_gpl __kcrctab_gpl_future
> __ksymtab_strings __param .eh_frame
> 01 .data .data.cacheline_aligned .data.read_mostly
> .data.init_task .data.page_aligned .init.text .init.data .init.setup
> .initcall.init .con_initcall.init .security_initcall.init
> .altinstructions .altinstr_replacement .exit.text .init.ramfs .bss
> 02 .vsyscall_0 .xtime_lock .vxtime .wall_jiffies .sys_tz
> .sysctl_vsyscall .xtime .jiffies .vsyscall_1 .vsyscall_2 .vsyscall_3
> 03
>
>
>
>
> I did two tests one with 2.6.27 x86_64 Fedora core and the other with
> 2.6.18 x86_64 Fedora core. I use kexec-tools-2.0.1 for all the tests.
>
> With 2.6.27, I use the vmlinuz image as the first kernel. I make a
> relocatable kernel by setting the required config options for the
> capture kernel.
> I use the same 2.6.27 kernel for both the first and the capture kernel.
> In 2.6.27, the use vmlinuz image which I have made relocatable as a
> capture kernel and I load it. It works fine.
>
>
> With 2,6,18, I use the vmlinuz image as the first kernel. I use the same
> 2.6.18 as the capture kernel. I don't find an option or config option
> here to
> make the capture kernel as RELOCATABLE as I find a default config option
> in 2.6.27 i.e CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y. When I load the vmlinuz in this case
> it complains of not being RELOCATABLE. So in 2.6.18, I use the vmlinux
> image as the capture kernel and loads it.
>
> While loading the 2.6.18 vmlinux image ( the capture kernel ), it throws
> the following error:-
> Overlapping memory segments at 0x27f7000
>
> "sort_segments failed"
The highest vmlinux segment is at address 0x000000000272d000 of size c08.
So it should not be the conflicting setment. I guess that some of the
internally generated and placed segments are having conflict because of
some bug.
>
>
> I think if I could have used the vmlinuz image as the capture kernel in
> case of 2.6.18, probably it will work. But since I am not able to make
> that relocatable I had to use the vmlinux imgae as the capture kernel in
> case of 2.6.18.
>
> How can I make the 2.6.18 kernel RELOCATABLE, is there a config option ?
> if yes, please let me know and I will give it a try to see if the
> problem persists or not. If not, then I am afraid there could be some
> bug.
Ok, I guess 2.6.18 did not have relocatable image option then. So you must
have compiled two kernels. First for address 0x100000 (1MB) and second capture
kernel for address 0x2000000(32MB)?
Is older version of kexec-tools loading this 2.6.18 based capture kernel
properly?
>
> Thanks
> Soumendu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vivek Goyal [mailto:vgoyal at redhat.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 4:51 PM
> To: Soumendu Satapathy
> Cc: Kexec Mailing List
> Subject: Re: FW: 2.6.18 Fedora core kernel gives: "Overlapping
> memorysegments at" error
>
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 04:32:59PM -0500, Soumendu Satapathy wrote:
> > Hi Vivek,
> >
> >
> >
> > Is it a bug? Its works for 2.6.27 but fails for 2.6.18 kernel. However
> I
> > use the vmlinuz image as a capture kernel in case of 2.6.27 as it does
> > not complain of relocatable kernel with it.
> >
> >
> >
> > I am using a vmlinux kernel image to load as it complains vmlinuz
> image
> > for not being relocatable in case of 2.6.18.
> >
> >
> >
> > I get the following error:-
> >
> >
> >
> > Overlapping memory segments at 0x27f7000
> >
> > "sort_segments failed"
> >
>
> Can you post the output of "readelf -l vmlinux" just curious if vmlinux
> is reporting somehow overlappig memory segments. But you seem to be
> suggesting that that same vmlinux works with older version of
> kexec-tools?
> If yes, then it sounds like we introduced some bug in newer version of
> kexec-tools.
>
> What is your environemnt? I mean what is your production kernel. Are you
> running 2.6.18 as production kernel and trying out loading 2.6.27 and
> 2.6.18 as capture kernel, or you have 2.6.27 as production kernel and
> trying out 2.6.27 and 2.6.18 as capture kernel. Not that it matters much
> at this point of time, just curious.
>
> So I would begin with trying to load 2.6.18 vmlinux with older version
> of kexec-tools.
>
> Is this 2.6.18 vmlinux relocatable?
>
> Thanks
> Vivek
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Soumendu
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Soumendu Satapathy
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 11:10 AM
> > To: Kexec Mailing List
> > Subject: 2.6.18 Fedora core kernel gives: "Overlapping memory segments
> > at" error
> >
> >
> >
> > This is my .config for the capture kernel.
> >
> >
> >
> > CONFIG_KEXEC=y
> >
> > CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP=y
> >
> > CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START=0x2000000
> >
> >
> >
> > I use crashkernel=64M at 32M.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Soumendu
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Soumendu Satapathy
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 11:07 AM
> > To: Kexec Mailing List
> > Subject: 2.6.18 Fedora core kernel gives: "Overlapping memory segments
> > at" error
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi there,
> >
> >
> >
> > When I use a 2.6.27 Fedora core I am able to load a capture kernel
> > properly and it boots when the first kernel crashes.
> >
> > I am using a x86_64 platform and 2.6.27 Fedora core.
> >
> >
> >
> > I use crashkernel=64M at 32M.
> >
> >
> >
> > But when I use a 2.6.18 in the same environment and settings as above,
> I
> > get the following error when I load a capture kernel:-
> >
> >
> >
> > "Overlapping memory segments at" error
> >
> > "Sort segments failed"
> >
> >
> >
> > I found that the kernel segments overlap when loading them in the 64M
> > memory reserved for the capture kernel. My system memory is MemTotal:
> > 8037944 kB
> >
> >
> >
> > I am using kexec-tools-2.0.1 and the "cat /proc/iomem" o/p is as
> > follows.
> >
> >
> >
> > 00000000-0009b3ff : System RAM
> >
> > 0009b400-0009ffff : reserved
> >
> > 000e4000-000fffff : reserved
> >
> > 00100000-cff6ffff : System RAM
> >
> > 00200000-006f0747 : Kernel code
> >
> > 006f0748-009b9b3f : Kernel data
> >
> > 00be2000-01219ea7 : Kernel bss
> >
> > 02000000-05ffffff : Crash kernel
> >
> > cff70000-cff77fff : ACPI Tables
> >
> > cff78000-cff7ffff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage
> >
> > cff80000-cfffffff : reserved
> >
> > d1000000-d11fffff : PCI Bus 0000:01
> >
> > d1000000-d10fffff : PCI Bus 0000:02
> >
> > d1000000-d107ffff : 0000:02:03.0
> >
> > d1080000-d10fffff : 0000:02:03.1
> >
> > d1100000-d11fffff : PCI Bus 0000:03
> >
> > d1100000-d113ffff : 0000:03:02.0
> >
> > d1140000-d117ffff : 0000:03:02.1
> >
> > d1200000-d12fffff : PCI Bus 0000:04
> >
> > d1200000-d12fffff : PCI Bus 0000:05
> >
> > d1200000-d120ffff : 0000:05:04.0
> >
> > d1300000-d13fffff : PCI Bus 0000:06
> >
> > d1300000-d13fffff : PCI Bus 0000:07
> >
> > d1300000-d130ffff : 0000:07:04.0
> >
> > d1400000-d14fffff : PCI Bus 0000:09
> >
> > d1400000-d141ffff : 0000:09:01.0
> >
> > d1500000-d15003ff : 0000:00:1f.1
> >
> > dd000000-dd000fff : 0000:00:01.0
> >
> > dd001000-dd00100f : 0000:00:1d.4
> >
> > dd001400-dd0017ff : 0000:00:1d.7
> >
> > dd001400-dd0017ff : ehci_hcd
> >
> > dd100000-dd3fffff : PCI Bus 0000:01
> >
> > dd100000-dd100fff : 0000:01:00.1
> >
> > dd101000-dd101fff : 0000:01:00.3
> >
> > dd200000-dd2fffff : PCI Bus 0000:02
> >
> > dd200000-dd201fff : 0000:02:03.0
> >
> > dd202000-dd203fff : 0000:02:03.1
> >
> > dd300000-dd3fffff : PCI Bus 0000:03
> >
> > dd300000-dd300fff : 0000:03:02.0
> >
> > dd301000-dd301fff : 0000:03:02.1
> >
> > dd400000-dd4fffff : PCI Bus 0000:04
> >
> > dd400000-dd4fffff : PCI Bus 0000:05
> >
> > dd400000-dd40ffff : 0000:05:04.0
> >
> > dd400000-dd40ffff : tg3
> >
> > dd410000-dd41ffff : 0000:05:04.0
> >
> > dd410000-dd41ffff : tg3
> >
> > dd420000-dd42ffff : 0000:05:04.1
> >
> > dd420000-dd42ffff : tg3
> >
> > dd430000-dd43ffff : 0000:05:04.1
> >
> > dd430000-dd43ffff : tg3
> >
> > dd500000-dd5fffff : PCI Bus 0000:06
> >
> > dd500000-dd5fffff : PCI Bus 0000:07
> >
> > dd500000-dd50ffff : 0000:07:04.0
> >
> > dd500000-dd50ffff : tg3
> >
> > dd510000-dd51ffff : 0000:07:04.0
> >
> > dd510000-dd51ffff : tg3
> >
> > dd520000-dd52ffff : 0000:07:04.1
> >
> > dd520000-dd52ffff : tg3
> >
> > dd530000-dd53ffff : 0000:07:04.1
> >
> > dd530000-dd53ffff : tg3
> >
> > dd600000-dd6fffff : PCI Bus 0000:08
> >
> > dd600000-dd61ffff : 0000:08:01.0
> >
> > dd600000-dd61ffff : e1000
> >
> > dd620000-dd63ffff : 0000:08:02.0
> >
> > dd620000-dd63ffff : e1000
> >
> > dd700000-deffffff : PCI Bus 0000:09
> >
> > dd700000-dd700fff : 0000:09:01.0
> >
> > de000000-deffffff : 0000:09:01.0
> >
> > e0000000-efffffff : PCI MMCONFIG 0
> >
> > e0000000-efffffff : reserved
> >
> > fec00000-fec0ffff : reserved
> >
> > fec00000-fec00fff : IOAPIC 0
> >
> > fec10000-fec10fff : IOAPIC 1
> >
> > fec80000-fec80fff : IOAPIC 2
> >
> > fee00000-fee00fff : Local APIC
> >
> > fee00000-fee00fff : reserved
> >
> > ff800000-ffbfffff : reserved
> >
> > fffffc00-ffffffff : reserved
> >
> > 100000000-22fffffff : System RAM
> >
> >
> >
> > Could it be a bug in the Kexec?
> >
> >
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > Soumendu S Satapathy
> >
> > Senior Software Developer
> >
> > RELDATA Inc.
> >
> > 1719 Route 10, Suite 209
> >
> > Parsippany, NJ 07054
> >
> > (973) 644-2770 ext. 139 office
> >
> > 732-692-7230 mobile
> >
> > (973) 644-3385 fax
> >
> > soumendu.satapathy at reldata.com
> >
> > www.reldata.com <http://www.reldata.com/>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Soumendu S Satapathy
> >
> > Senior Software Developer
> >
> > RELDATA Inc.
> >
> > 1719 Route 10, Suite 209
> >
> > Parsippany, NJ 07054
> >
> > (973) 644-2770 ext. 139 office
> >
> > 732-692-7230 mobile
> >
> > (973) 644-3385 fax
> >
> > soumendu.satapathy at reldata.com
> >
> > www.reldata.com <http://www.reldata.com/>
> >
> >
> >
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