On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:55:35 -0000 (GMT) "M" <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. I assume from the subject that you do NOT have crashes on some other kernel version that you are running? It isn't really clear from your email. Otherwise, the first suspect in frequent and mysterious crashes is bad RAM, and running memtest86 for a couple of days is the recommended course of action. > 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 ]--- Cheers, Andreas -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
