Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: lsi: Handle removal of selected devices

[Aurelien Jarno]

On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 05:49:26PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> This patch:
> 
> 64d564094cac5f72eeaeb950c442b773a00d3586 is the first bad commit
> commit 64d564094cac5f72eeaeb950c442b773a00d3586
> Author: Jan Kiszka <address@hidden>
> Date:   Tue May 4 14:21:03 2010 +0200
> 
>     lsi: Handle removal of selected devices
> 
>     We must not store references to selected devices as they may be
>     hot-removed. Instead, look up the device based on its tag right before
>     using it. If the device disappeared, throw an interrupt and disconnect.
> 
>     Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <address@hidden>
>     Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <address@hidden>
> 
> breaks the versatile machine. qemu-system-arm segfaults during the boot.

Actually it only seems to be the case with old kernels. I have put the
material to reproduce the bug here:

http://temp.aurel32.net/qemu-versatile/

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