On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 04:50:26PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 24 May 2011 20:06:01 GMT > bugzilla-daemon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35762 > > > > Summary: Kernel panics on do_raw_spin_lock() > > Product: Memory Management > > Version: 2.5 > > Kernel Version: 2.6.38.6-26.rc1.fc14.x86_64 > > Platform: All > > OS/Version: Linux > > Tree: Mainline > > Status: NEW > > Severity: high > > Priority: P1 > > Component: Other > > AssignedTo: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ReportedBy: bryan.christ@xxxxxxxxx > > Regression: No > > > > > > Kernel seems to frequently panic with RIP at do_raw_spin_lock(). I > > assume this might be vma related since the trace often implicates > > vma_merge() and friends. > > > > Screenshots of panic: > > > > http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=hnd1dedna9bed65 > > http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=n86366d44i7mlx4 > > http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=0sgzfd91dvl3jhl > > http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=zwly9x5c4zg28dn > > hm, those photos aren't terribly useful. They seem to be pointing at > the compaction code. > It's possible but I'm agreed that the photos aren't terribly useful. It would be preferable to see the first oops where as this appears to be a second or third oops. Also, I note this is a Fedora kernel. Is the bug readily reproducible? If so, would you be willing to verify the problem happens with 2.6.38.7? What are the reproduction steps? -- Mel Gorman SUSE Labs -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>