kernel BUG at kernel/kallsyms.c:222!

Ming Lei tom.leiming at gmail.com
Mon Nov 11 04:57:29 EST 2013


Hi,

On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Axel Lin <axel.lin at ingics.com> wrote:
> 2013/11/11 Ming Lei <tom.leiming at gmail.com>:
>
> Hi Ming,
>
> commit f6537f2f "scripts/kallsyms: filter symbols not in kernel address space",
> uses CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET as kernel_start_addr.
> However, for !CONFIG_MMU case we have :
>     PAGE_OFFSET != CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET.

Yes, it is the cause, and strictly speaking, commit f6537f2f is wrong,
but triggered with bogus CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET if !CONFIG_MMU.

We can fix it either by Rusty's patch or removing the bogus
CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET for !CONFIG_MMU.


Thanks,
-- 
Ming Lei



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