Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On 11/20/20 11:16 AM, K.R. Foley wrote:
>> I have found an issue that triggers by running lsof. The problem is
>> reproducible, but not consistently. I have seen this issue occur on
>> multiple versions of the kernel (5.0.10, 5.2.8 and now 5.4.77). It
>> looks like it could be a race condition or the file pointer is being
>> corrupted. Any pointers on how to track this down? What additional
>> information can I provide?
>
> Hi,
>
> 2 things in general:
>
> a) Can you test with a more recent kernel?
>
> b) Can you reproduce this without loading the proprietary & out-of-tree
> kernel modules? They should never have been loaded after bootup.
> I.e., don't just unload them -- that could leave something bad behind.
Heh, the EIP contains part of the name of one of the modules:
>
>> [ 8057.297159] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 31376f63
^^^^^^^^
>> [ 8057.297219] Modules linked in: ITXico7100Module(O)
^^^^
-Jeff
