On 2012.04.08 at 13:39 +0200, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote: > I've hit the following warning after I've tried to link Firofox's libxul > with "-flto -lto-partition=none" on my machine with 8GB memory. I've > killed the process after it used all the memory and 90% of my swap > space. Before the machine was rebooted I saw these messages: > > Apr 8 13:11:08 x4 kernel: BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:ffff88020813c380 idx:1 val:-1 > Apr 8 13:11:08 x4 kernel: BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:ffff88020813c380 idx:2 val:1 > Apr 8 13:11:08 x4 kernel: BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:ffff88021503bb80 idx:1 val:-1 > Apr 8 13:11:08 x4 kernel: BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:ffff8801fb643b80 idx:1 val:-1 > Apr 8 13:11:08 x4 kernel: BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:ffff8801fb643b80 idx:2 val:1 > Apr 8 13:11:08 x4 kernel: BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:ffff88021503bb80 idx:2 val:1 > Apr 8 13:11:08 x4 kernel: BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:ffff88020a4ff800 idx:1 val:-1 > Apr 8 13:11:08 x4 kernel: BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:ffff88020a4ff800 idx:2 val:1 > Apr 8 13:11:08 x4 kernel: BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:ffff88020813ce00 idx:1 val:-1 > Apr 8 13:11:08 x4 kernel: BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:ffff88020813ce00 idx:2 val:1 > Apr 8 13:11:08 x4 kernel: BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:ffff8801fadda680 idx:1 val:-1 > Apr 8 13:11:08 x4 kernel: BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:ffff8801fadda680 idx:2 val:1 BTW, I'm not the only one that sees these messages. Here are two more reports from Ubuntu beta testers: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/963672 BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:ffff88022107fb80 idx:1 val:-14 BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:ffff88022107fb80 idx:2 val:14 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/965709 BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:c8fd9dc0 idx:1 val:-2 BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:c8fd9dc0 idx:2 val:2 usb 5-1: USB disconnect, device number 2 usb 5-1: new low-speed USB device number 3 using uhci_hcd input: Mega World Thrustmaster dual analog 3.2 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb5/5-1/5-1:1.0/input/input13 generic-usb 0003:044F:B315.0004: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Gamepad [Mega World Thrustmaster dual analog 3.2] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-1/input0 BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:c8fd9dc0 idx:1 val:-2 BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:c8fd9dc0 idx:2 val:2 BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:dea3cc40 idx:1 val:-1 BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:dea3cc40 idx:2 val:1 The pattern seem to be: ... idx:1 val:-x ... idx:2 val:x for x=1,2,14 -- Markus -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. 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>