On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:55:35 -0000 (GMT) "M" <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I hope I'm sending this to the right person. I added the appropriate cc's. > I'm getting very regular crashes on a stock 2.6.37 kernel that I've > compiled myself. The crashes seem to regularly contain references to > filesystem code but are difficult to capture. > > I was about to type but for once it was captured in the log. I was seeing > similar issues with the previous release 2.6.36 so I'm guessing it's > something triggering on my machine more than most peoples. > > Please let me know if I've sent this to the wrong person or if you need > any more information. > > Jan 7 19:30:43 griffin kernel: [ 145.809827] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.008391] general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.008482] last sysfs file: /sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A08:00/device:39/PNP0C09:00/PNP0C0A:00/power_supply/BAT1/energy_full > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.008628] CPU 0 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.008657] Modules linked in: i915 acpi_cpufreq mperf drm_kms_helper drm i2c_algo_bit cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_stats cpufreq_conservative cpufreq_userspace parport_pc ppdev lp parport sco bnep rfcomm l2cap crc16 uinput binfmt_misc fuse firewire_sbp2 loop dm_crypt dm_mod snd_hda_codec_idt arc4 ecb snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm_oss iwlagn btusb bluetooth snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm iwlcore snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq mac80211 cfg80211 tifm_7xx1 tifm_core snd_timer snd_seq_device snd soundcore pcmcia sony_laptop joydev i2c_i801 snd_page_alloc rfkill i2c_core yenta_socket pcmcia_rsrc video pcmcia_core psmouse shpchp pci_hotplug battery ac evdev serio_raw output button processor sg sd_mod sr_mod cdrom crc_t10dif ata_generic ata_piix ahci libahci libata firewire_ohci thermal scsi_mod firewire_core thermal_sys sky2 crc_itu_t uhci_hcd [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan] > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.010171] > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.010199] Pid: 643, comm: flush-8:0 Not tainted 2.6.37 #10 VAIO /VGN-SZ680N > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.010311] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8114d1a6>] [<ffffffff8114d1a6>] walk_page_buffers+0x22/0x97 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.010429] RSP: 0018:ffff8801386dfaa0 EFLAGS: 00010283 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.010496] RAX: 00000000ffdca996 RBX: ffff8801229f90d0 RCX: ffd5a193ffdca797 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.010580] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffd5a193ffdca797 RDI: ffff88013bbee1b0 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.010665] RBP: ffff88013bbee1b0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffffff8114d21b > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.010749] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 000000000000000e R12: 0000000000001000 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.010833] R13: 00000000ffb9532c R14: 00000000ffdca996 R15: 00000000ffdca996 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.010921] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8800bf400000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.011019] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.011089] CR2: 00007face71ff000 CR3: 0000000139a5c000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.011174] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.011259] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.011343] Process flush-8:0 (pid: 643, threadinfo ffff8801386de000, task ffff880138a83cc0) > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.011442] Stack: > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.011472] ffffffff8114d21b 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ffd5a193ffdca797 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.011584] 0000000000000000 ffffea0003ab1bf0 000000003bbee1b0 ffff88013bbee1b0 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.011696] ffff8801229f90d0 ffff8801386dfd40 0000000000000000 ffffffff8114dc29 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.011810] Call Trace: > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.011848] [<ffffffff8114d21b>] ? bget_one+0x0/0x7 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.011915] [<ffffffff8114dc29>] ? ext3_ordered_writepage+0x123/0x1a9 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.012001] [<ffffffff810bc2d6>] ? __writepage+0xa/0x21 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.012013] [<ffffffff810bd471>] ? write_cache_pages+0x221/0x321 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.012013] [<ffffffff810bc2cc>] ? __writepage+0x0/0x21 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.012013] [<ffffffff8110e78f>] ? writeback_single_inode+0x9a/0x1af > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.012013] [<ffffffff8110eb98>] ? writeback_sb_inodes+0x9b/0x10e > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.012013] [<ffffffff8110f2e0>] ? writeback_inodes_wb+0x100/0x112 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.012013] [<ffffffff8110f4ca>] ? wb_writeback+0x1d8/0x2e7 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.012013] [<ffffffff813617b3>] ? schedule+0x58b/0x5cb > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.012013] [<ffffffff8110f745>] ? wb_do_writeback+0x16c/0x18a > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.012013] [<ffffffff81361bed>] ? schedule_timeout+0xa8/0xd7 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.012013] [<ffffffff8110f828>] ? bdi_writeback_thread+0xc5/0x201 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.012013] [<ffffffff8110f763>] ? bdi_writeback_thread+0x0/0x201 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.012013] [<ffffffff8110f763>] ? bdi_writeback_thread+0x0/0x201 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.012013] [<ffffffff8106003b>] ? kthread+0x7a/0x82 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.012013] [<ffffffff8100a824>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.012013] [<ffffffff8105ffc1>] ? kthread+0x0/0x82 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.012013] [<ffffffff8100a820>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x0/0x10 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.012013] Code: 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f c3 90 41 57 31 c0 41 56 41 55 41 54 41 89 cc 55 48 89 fd 53 48 89 f3 48 83 ec 28 4c 8b 6e 20 45 89 ee eb 5b <48> 8b 4e 08 44 39 e0 46 8d 3c 30 48 89 4c 24 18 73 05 41 39 d5 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.012013] RIP [<ffffffff8114d1a6>] walk_page_buffers+0x22/0x97 > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.012013] RSP <ffff8801386dfaa0> > Jan 7 19:50:41 griffin kernel: [ 1344.039612] ---[ end trace 632f32cda7255591 ]--- hm, odd. 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