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I managed to get a back trace: >>> >>>    RIP: 0010:memcpy_orig+0x68/0x130 >>>    Code: ... >>>    RSP: 0000:ffffffff9cc03ce8 EFLAGS: 00010006 >>>    RAX: ff11001ff83e5000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: fffffffffffff000 >>>    RDX: 0000000000000bc0 RSI: ffffffff9dba8860 RDI: ff11001ff83e5c00 >>>    RBP: 0000000000002000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000002000 >>>    R10: 000000207fffe000 R11: 0000040000000000 R12: ffffffff9d06ef78 >>>    R13: ff11001ff83e5000 R14: ffffffff9dba7c60 R15: 0000000000000c00 >>>    memblock_double_array+0xff/0x310 >>>    memblock_add_range+0x1fb/0x2f0 >>>    memblock_reserve+0x4f/0xa0 >>>    memblock_alloc_range_nid+0xac/0x130 >>>    memblock_alloc_internal+0x53/0xc0 >>>    memblock_alloc_try_nid+0x3d/0xa0 >>>    swiotlb_init_remap+0x149/0x2f0 >>>    mem_init+0xb/0xb0 >>>    mm_core_init+0x8f/0x350 >>>    start_kernel+0x17e/0x5d0 >>>    x86_64_start_reservations+0x14/0x30 >>>    x86_64_start_kernel+0x92/0xa0 >>>    secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0x194/0x19b >>> >>> I don't know a lot about memblock, but it appears that it needs to >>> allocate more memory for it's regions array and returns a range of memory >>> that hasn't been accepted. When the memcpy() runs, the SNP guest gets a >>> #VC 0x404 because of this. >>> >>> Do you think it is as simple as calling accept_memory() on the memory >>> range returned from memblock_find_in_range() in memblock_double_array()? >> >> (not Kirill, but replying :) ) >> >> Yeah, we seem to be effectively allocating memory from memblock ("from >> ourselves") without considering that memory must be accepted first. >> >> accept_memory() on the new memory (in case of !slab) should be the right >> thing to do. > > Thanks, David. Let me add a call in for accept_memory in the !slab case > and see if that resolves it. May take a bit to repro, but should find > out eventually. > > I'll submit a patch once I verify. BTW, I was wondering if we could use memblock_alloc_range_nid() in memblock_double_array(); maybe not that easy, just a thought. -- Cheers, David / dhildenb