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GeorgeJP

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Registered: 2020-01-28

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[SOLVED]linux 6.2 VM on ESXI

I did try linux 6.2 on ESXi virtual machine.
It boots and works, but there is some problem during startup

Feb 21 00:53:21 vpn kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------
Feb 21 00:53:21 vpn kernel: CPA detected W^X violation: 8000000000000063 -> 0000000000000063 range: 0x000000000ff06000 - 0x000000000ff06fff PFN ff06
Feb 21 00:53:21 vpn kernel: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c:644 __change_page_attr_set_clr+0xefd/0x1020
Feb 21 00:53:21 vpn kernel: Modules linked in:
Feb 21 00:53:21 vpn kernel: CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.2.0-arch1-1 #1 82669f867b64d78e611b9499cfcb2900210c7eef
Feb 21 00:53:21 vpn kernel: Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware7,1/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS VMW71.00V.18227214.B64.2106252220 06/25/2021
Feb 21 00:53:21 vpn kernel: RIP: 0010:__change_page_attr_set_clr+0xefd/0x1020
Feb 21 00:53:21 vpn kernel: Code: 24 18 49 89 e9 48 89 c2 4c 89 d6 48 c7 c7 d8 be 43 93 48 89 44 24 08 4c 8d 81 ff 0f 00 00 c6 05 9e b9 f2 01 01 e8 4b f7 c3 00 <0f> 0b 48 8b 44 24 08 e9 5d fc ff ff 4c 89 df 48 21 d7 ff 15 03 be
Feb 21 00:53:21 vpn kernel: RSP: 0000:ffffffff93c03c78 EFLAGS: 00010282
Feb 21 00:53:21 vpn kernel: RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 000000000ff06063 RCX: c0000000ffffefff
Feb 21 00:53:21 vpn kernel: RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000ffffefff RDI: 0000000000000001
Feb 21 00:53:21 vpn kernel: RBP: 000000000000ff06 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffffff93c03b10
Feb 21 00:53:21 vpn kernel: R10: 0000000000000003 R11: ffffffff93cc9a68 R12: 800000000ff06063
Feb 21 00:53:21 vpn kernel: R13: 0000000000000050 R14: 0000000000000050 R15: ffffffff9431e92a
Feb 21 00:53:21 vpn kernel: FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8a279f400000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
Feb 21 00:53:21 vpn kernel: CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
Feb 21 00:53:21 vpn kernel: CR2: ffff8a2797403000 CR3: 0000000016610001 CR4: 00000000000606f0
Feb 21 00:53:21 vpn kernel: Call Trace:
Feb 21 00:53:21 vpn kernel:  <TASK>
Feb 21 00:53:21 vpn kernel:  ? _raw_spin_unlock+0xf/0x30
Feb 21 00:53:21 vpn kernel:  ? __pfx_efi_update_mem_attr+0x10/0x10
Feb 21 00:53:21 vpn kernel:  kernel_map_pages_in_pgd+0xd8/0x103
Feb 21 00:53:21 vpn kernel:  efi_update_mappings+0x36/0x95
Feb 21 00:53:21 vpn kernel:  efi_memattr_apply_permissions+0x229/0x279
Feb 21 00:53:21 vpn kernel:  efi_enter_virtual_mode+0x428/0x44f
Feb 21 00:53:21 vpn kernel:  start_kernel+0x8f5/0x98c
Feb 21 00:53:21 vpn kernel:  secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0xe5/0xeb
Feb 21 00:53:21 vpn kernel:  </TASK>
Feb 21 00:53:21 vpn kernel: ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

In linux 6.1.12 was OK.

Journal from 6.2 http://0x0.st/HsOq.txt

Journal from 6.1.12 http://0x0.st/HsON.txt

Any suggestion?

Edit: VMWare ESXi Hypervisor issue. Resolved after updating ESXi 7.0U3k -> 7.0U3l.

Last edited by GeorgeJP (2023-04-06 12:28:46)