RE: 2.6.25-rc2-mm1: WARNING at arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c:129

["Brown, Len" <len.brown@intel.com>]

>> evxfevnt-0091 [00] enable                : Transition to 
>ACPI mode successful
>> khelper used greatest stack depth: 3144 bytes left
>> net_namespace: 304 bytes
>> NET: Registered protocol family 16
>> ACPI: bus type pci registered
>> khelper used greatest stack depth: 3032 bytes left
>> PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf1180, last bus=1
>> PCI: Using configuration type 1
>> Setting up standard PCI resources
>> evgpeblk-0956 [00] ev_create_gpe_block   : GPE 00 to 0F 
>[_GPE] 2 regs on int 0x9
>> evgpeblk-1052 [00] ev_initialize_gpe_bloc: Found 4 Wake, 
>Enabled 0 Runtime GPEs in this block
>> ACPI: EC: Look up EC in DSDT
>> ------------[ cut here ]------------
>> WARNING: at arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c:129 __ioremap+0xc7/0x182()
>> Modules linked in:
>> Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.25-rc2-mm1 #40
>>  [<c0118955>] warn_on_slowpath+0x41/0x6d
>>  [<c0131d0a>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xb/0xd
>>  [<c01fdd89>] ? acpi_os_release_object+0x8/0xc
>>  [<c02188d4>] ? acpi_ut_delete_object_desc+0x39/0x3e
>>  [<c0217f05>] ? acpi_ut_delete_internal_obj+0x2c1/0x2c9
>>  [<c0131d0a>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xb/0xd
>>  [<c0131cde>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0xdf/0x100
>>  [<c0131d0a>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xb/0xd
>>  [<c01129c5>] __ioremap+0xc7/0x182
>>  [<c0112a99>] ioremap_nocache+0xa/0xc
>>  [<c02a6877>] acpi_os_map_memory+0x11/0x1a
>>  [<c020b697>] acpi_ex_system_memory_space_handler+0xd3/0x228
>>  [<c0203bd8>] ? acpi_ev_address_space_dispatch+0x142/0x1a8
>>  [<c020b5c4>] ? acpi_ex_system_memory_space_handler+0x0/0x228
>>  [<c0203bfd>] acpi_ev_address_space_dispatch+0x167/0x1a8
>>  [<c02083dd>] acpi_ex_access_region+0x1e4/0x270
>>  [<c02085bc>] acpi_ex_field_datum_io+0x153/0x2a1
>>  [<c0158ac0>] ? cache_alloc_debugcheck_after+0xe9/0x165
>>  [<c020879b>] acpi_ex_extract_from_field+0x91/0x224
>>  [<c0206bcf>] ? acpi_ex_read_data_from_field+0x163/0x1b0
>>  [<c0206bec>] acpi_ex_read_data_from_field+0x180/0x1b0
>>  [<c020d256>] acpi_ex_resolve_node_to_value+0x1aa/0x230
>>  [<c0207a32>] acpi_ex_resolve_to_value+0x270/0x2aa
>>  [<c0209e47>] acpi_ex_resolve_operands+0x24e/0x52f
>
>Len: This WARN_ON says that ACPI is trying to call ioremap() 
>on memory that the e820_table
>lists as "kernel owned". Do you know why ACPI would do this? 
>Would ACPI get upset if
>the kernel would tell it to take a hike?

Depends on the BIOS -- as it is the BIOS AML that is making this
request.

-Len