regression: insmod module failed in VM with nvdimm on #forregzbot

[Thorsten Leemhuis]

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[TLDR: I'm adding this regression report to the list of tracked
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Hi, this is your Linux kernel regression tracker.

On 30.11.22 03:52, chenxiang (M) wrote:
>
> We boot the VM using following commands (with nvdimm on)  (qemu version
> 6.1.50, kernel 6.0-r4):
> 
> qemu-system-aarch64 -machine
> virt,kernel_irqchip=on,gic-version=3,nvdimm=on  -kernel
> /home/kernel/Image -initrd /home/mini-rootfs/rootfs.cpio.gz -bios
> /root/QEMU_EFI.FD -cpu host -enable-kvm -net none -nographic -m
> 2G,maxmem=64G,slots=3 -smp 4 -append 'rdinit=init console=ttyAMA0
> ealycon=pl0ll,0x90000000 pcie_ports=native pciehp.pciehp_debug=1'
> -object memory-backend-ram,id=ram1,size=10G -device
> nvdimm,id=dimm1,memdev=ram1  -device ioh3420,id=root_port1,chassis=1
> -device vfio-pci,host=7d:01.0,id=net0,bus=root_port1
> [...]
> We git bisect the code, and find the patch c5a89f75d2a ("arm64: kaslr:
> defer initialization to initcall where permitted").

Thanks for the report. To be sure below issue doesn't fall through the
cracks unnoticed, I'm adding it to regzbot, my Linux kernel regression
tracking bot:

#regzbot ^introduced fc5a89f75d2a
#regzbot title arm64: kaslr: vmalloc error when boothing a VM with nvdimm
#regzbot ignore-activity

This isn't a regression? This issue or a fix for it are already
discussed somewhere else? It was fixed already? You want to clarify when
the regression started to happen? Or point out I got the title or
something else totally wrong? Then just reply -- ideally with also
telling regzbot about it, as explained here:
https://linux-regtracking.leemhuis.info/tracked-regression/

Reminder for developers: When fixing the issue, add 'Link:' tags
pointing to the report (the mail this one replies to), as explained for
in the Linux kernel's documentation; above webpage explains why this is
important for tracked regressions.

Ciao, Thorsten (wearing his 'the Linux kernel's regression tracker' hat)

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