kernel panic when trying to boot Fedora 10 live in VirtualBox

[Chris Snook]

Phill wrote:
> Downloaded live fedora 10 alpha kde, but can't get it to boot in VirtualBox. Any help appreciated.

I would guess a virtualbox bug.  The debug code enabled in the pre-release 
kernels takes advantage of some of the more obscure cpu features that probably 
get the least QA exposure.  See if they know about it.

Of course, the reverse is also possible.  We may not be properly handling an 
obscure but legal interrupt configuration that is unique to virtualbox.  Given 
all the screwy hardware that gets baremetal testing, I find this unlikely, 
unless other people are also having this problem on baremetal.

-- Chris

> Call Trace:
>  [<c044a252>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xb/0xd
>  [<c04a6364>] ? d_callback+0x29/0x2c
>  [<c04a6364>] ? d_callback+0x29/0x2c
>  [<c046a4a6>] ? __rcu_process_callbacks+0x185/0x1f4
>  [<c046a534>] ? rcu_process_callbacks+0x1f/0x38
>  [<c0431602>] ? __do_softirq+0x89/0x10f
>  [<c0431579>] ? __do_softirq+0x0/0x10f
>  [<c0405fd2>] ? do_softirq+0x7c/0xde
>  [<c043123c>] ? irq_exit+0x49/0x88
>  [<c04147ad>] ? smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x73/0x81
>  [<c0404705>] ? apic_timer_interrupt+0x2d/0x34
>  [<c044a252>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xb/0xd
>  [<c045ed38>] ? do_stop+0x14c/0x194
>  [<c045ebec>] ? do_stop+0x0/0x194
>  [<c043dd76>] ? kthread+0x40/0x66
>  [<c043dd36>] ? kthread+0x0/0x66
>  [<c04048a3>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10
>  =======================
> Code: f0 00 02 00 00 75 14 8b 45 f0 50 9d 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 e8 2b 4b               fb ff eb 12 e8 6d 58 fb ff 8b 45 f0 50 9d 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 <00> 00 8d 65 f4 5b 5e 5f 5d c3 55 89 e5 53 e8 b4 fe f6 ff 89 c2
> EIP: [<c04949e5>] kmem_cache_free+0xc3/0xcd SS:ESP 0068:c0874f8c
> Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt
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