This should be fixed by Xiao's "fix double free the memslot in kvm_set_phys_mem" patch.
On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Peter Wu <lekenst...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > With the current git source (f10acc8b38d65a66ffa0588a036489d7fa6a593e), > `qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm` fails to run with the following error: > > kvm_set_phys_mem: error unregistering overlapping slot: Invalid argument > > After this message, qemu aborts. Reverting the following commit on top of > master makes the bug go away. Removing the `-enable-kvm` option also > allows QEMU to operate, but without KVM. > > commit 235e8982ad393e5611cb892df54881c872eea9e1 > Author: Jordan Justen <jordan.l.jus...@intel.com> > Date: Wed May 29 01:27:26 2013 -0700 > > kvm: support using KVM_MEM_READONLY flag for regions > > For readonly memory regions and rom devices in romd_mode, > we make use of the KVM_MEM_READONLY. A slot that uses > KVM_MEM_READONLY can be read from and code can execute from the > region, but writes will exit to qemu. > > For rom devices with !romd_mode, we force the slot to be > removed so reads or writes to the region will exit to qemu. > (Note that a memory region in this state is not executable > within kvm.) > > QEMU was built using GCC 4.8.0, runs on Arch Linux 64-bit with a > custom kernel, Linux 3.9.1. CPU: i5-460M. A backtrace is provided > on the bottom of this message. If you need more details, please ask. > > Regards, > Peter > > #0 0x00007ffff1a251c9 in raise () from /usr/lib/libc.so.6 > #1 0x00007ffff1a265c8 in abort () from /usr/lib/libc.so.6 > #2 0x00005555557dd84d in kvm_set_phys_mem (section=0x7fffe6fdca00, > add=false) at /tmp/qemu/kvm-all.c:715 > #3 0x00005555557e132c in address_space_update_topology_pass > (as=as@entry=0x5555564dae00 <address_space_memory>, > adding=adding@entry=false, old_view=..., new_view=...) at > /tmp/qemu/memory.c:725 > #4 0x00005555557e1f13 in address_space_update_topology (as=0x5555564dae00 > <address_space_memory>) at /tmp/qemu/memory.c:761 > #5 memory_region_transaction_commit () at /tmp/qemu/memory.c:786 > #6 0x00005555557dfa42 in access_with_adjusted_size (addr=addr@entry=2, > value=value@entry=0x7fffe6fdcc18, size=1, access_size_min=<optimized out>, > access_size_max=<optimized out>, > access=access@entry=0x5555557e0000 <memory_region_write_accessor>, > opaque=opaque@entry=0x55555658c238) at /tmp/qemu/memory.c:399 > #7 0x00005555557e0f77 in memory_region_iorange_write (iorange=<optimized > out>, offset=2, width=1, data=51) at /tmp/qemu/memory.c:475 > #8 0x00005555557de562 in kvm_handle_io (count=1, size=1, direction=1, > data=<optimized out>, port=3326) at /tmp/qemu/kvm-all.c:1507 > #9 kvm_cpu_exec (env=env@entry=0x55555656f750) at /tmp/qemu/kvm-all.c:1659 > #10 0x000055555578da05 in qemu_kvm_cpu_thread_fn (arg=0x55555656f750) at > /tmp/qemu/cpus.c:759 > #11 0x00007ffff6280dd2 in start_thread () from /usr/lib/libpthread.so.0 > #12 0x00007ffff1ad5cdd in clone () from /usr/lib/libc.so.6 > >