[Users] Kernel stab134.8 - panic at boot

[Corrado Fiore]

Dear All,

I am installing the latest vz6 kernel on a beefy SuperMicro X10 machine.  I followed the usual installation routine, i.e.

-- Install CentOS 6 (latest)
-- Follow instructions on page https://wiki.openvz.org/Quick_installation_(legacy)
-- Reboot

## Expected result:  machine rebooting in OpenVZ 6 kernel

## Actual result:  a kernel panic error appears on screen at boot.  I am pasting it here:

[	67.817501]	Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
[	67.817581]	Pid: 1, comm: init veid: 0 Not tainted 2.6.32-042stabl34.8 #1
[	67.817660]	Call Trace:	
[	67.817737]	[<ffffffff81564lb0>]	? panic+0xa7/0xl8b
[	67.817816]	[<ffffffff8114a470>]	? perf_event_exit_task+0xc0/0x340
[	67.817897]	[<ffffffff8108d56f>]	? do_exit+0x3bf/0x9c0
[	67.817975]	[<ffffffff811c9e35>]	? fput+0x25/0x30
[	67.818052]	[<ffffffff81570302>1	? system_ca1l_after_swapgs+0xa2/0xl52
[	67.818132]	[<ffffffff8108d5c8>]	? do_group_exit+0x58/0xd0
[	67.818210]	[<ffffffff8108d657>]	? sys_exit_group+0x17/0x20
[	67.818288]	[<ffffffff815703e7>]	? system_ca1l_fastpath+0x35/0x3a
[	67.818367]	[<ffffffff8157030e>1	? system_ca1l_after_swapgs+0xae/0xl52

## Notes:

- Similar errors *seem* to be linked to problems when mounting the root file system;
- The CentOS 2.6.32-754.el6.x86_64 kernel boots always successfully;
- The main partition is backed by an Areca 1214-4i controller with BBU, configured as HW Raid10;
- The kernel module for Areca controllers is present in both initrd images, albeit in different locations:

cat /var/log/dracut.log | grep arcmsr
Thu Jan 17 14:33:30 CET 2019 Info: Installing ///lib/modules/2.6.32-754.el6.x86_64/extra/arcmsr/arcmsr.ko
Thu Jan 17 16:42:07 CET 2019 Info: Installing ///lib/modules/2.6.32-042stab134.8/kernel/drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr.ko

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Has anyone encountered such an issue before?

Thanks,
Corrado Fiore