Bug 14903

Summary: Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
Product: Other Reporter: Rafael J. Wysocki (rjw)
Component: ConfigurationAssignee: other_configuration (other_configuration)
Status: CLOSED INVALID    
Severity: normal    
Priority: P1    
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Kernel Version: 2.6.32 Subsystem:
Regression: Yes Bisected commit-id:
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 14230    

Description Rafael J. Wysocki 2009-12-27 23:35:58 UTC 
Subject    : 2.6.32 Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! Rebooting in 180 seconds..
Submitter  : Zhiyong Wu <zwu.kernel@gmail.com>
Date       : 2009-12-18 4:08
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=126110931124738&w=4
Handled-By : Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>

This entry is being used for tracking a regression from 2.6.31.  Please don't
close it until the problem is fixed in the mainline.
Comment 1 Rafael J. Wysocki 2010-01-13 21:54:05 UTC 
On Wednesday 13 January 2010, Américo Wang wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 6:56 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> wrote:
> > This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report
> > of regressions introduced between 2.6.31 and 2.6.32.
> >
> > The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions
> > introduced between 2.6.31 and 2.6.32.  Please verify if it still should
> > be listed and let me know (either way).
> >
> >
> > Bug-Entry       : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14903
> > Subject         : Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
> > Submitter       : Zhiyong Wu <zwu.kernel@gmail.com>
> > Date            : 2009-12-18 4:08 (24 days old)
> > References      : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=126110931124738&w=4
> > Handled-By      : Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
> >
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I don't think this is a kernel problem, it should be a problem of Zhiyong's
> initrd, or Zhiyong may not configure his kernel properly, in any case,
> this is not a bug of kernel.