Hello, I was booting my brand new 2.6.31-rc4-rt1 kernel to impress some friends and stumbled over this nasty BUG message: Starting autofs: Loading autofs4: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000006 IP: [<ffffffff811ff47c>] strcmp+0x1b/0x46 PGD 794bd067 PUD 77578067 PMD 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP last sysfs file: /sys/class/misc/rfkill/dev CPU 1 Modules linked in: autofs4 hidp rfcomm l2cap bluetooth rfkill sunrpc nf_conntrack_netbios_ns ipt_R] Pid: 19, comm: sirq-timer/1 Not tainted 2.6.31-rc4-rt1 #2 8810A56 RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff811ff47c>] [<ffffffff811ff47c>] strcmp+0x1b/0x46 RSP: 0018:ffff88007e88b760 EFLAGS: 00010046 RAX: 0000000000000026 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff819d2020 RDX: ffffffff819d1e26 RSI: 0000000000000006 RDI: ffffffff815467a2 RBP: ffff88007e88b770 R08: ffffffff81a28b60 R09: 0000000000000006 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffffff81db3020 R12: ffff8800045ac580 R13: ffffffff81a28b50 R14: 0000000000056d30 R15: ffffffff81db3020 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8800043da000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0018 ES: 0018 CR0: 000000008005003b CR2: 0000000000000006 CR3: 00000000779d3000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Process sirq-timer/1 (pid: 19, threadinfo ffff88007e88a000, task ffff88007e88c4c0) Stack: ffff8800045ac580 00000000a1159f0c ffff88007e88b810 ffffffff81086203 <0> 0000000000000006 ffffffff81a28b60 ffffffff81db3020 ffff880000000000 <0> ffffffff819d1e20 ffffffff819d2020 ffff8800045ac580 00000000a1159f0c Call Trace: [<ffffffff81086203>] register_lock_class+0x245/0x351 [<ffffffffa036dcec>] ? ip6t_do_table+0xbf/0x65b [ip6_tables] [<ffffffff810875d3>] __lock_acquire+0xac/0x3d3 [<ffffffffa036dcec>] ? ip6t_do_table+0xbf/0x65b [ip6_tables] [<ffffffff81087c9c>] lock_acquire+0x104/0x13d [<ffffffffa036dcec>] ? ip6t_do_table+0xbf/0x65b [ip6_tables] [<ffffffffa03284dc>] ? dst_output+0x0/0x39 [ipv6] [<ffffffff813e6c7e>] rt_spin_lock+0x45/0x60 [<ffffffffa036dcec>] ? ip6t_do_table+0xbf/0x65b [ip6_tables] [<ffffffffa036dcec>] ip6t_do_table+0xbf/0x65b [ip6_tables] [<ffffffff810876ec>] ? __lock_acquire+0x1c5/0x3d3 [<ffffffff81088156>] ? put_lock_stats+0x3b/0x5a [<ffffffffa03284dc>] ? dst_output+0x0/0x39 [ipv6] [<ffffffffa03760d9>] ip6t_local_out_hook+0x37/0x52 [ip6table_filter] [<ffffffff81357f7c>] nf_iterate+0x5c/0xb3 [<ffffffffa03284dc>] ? dst_output+0x0/0x39 [ipv6] [<ffffffff81358060>] nf_hook_slow+0x8d/0x109 [<ffffffffa03284dc>] ? dst_output+0x0/0x39 [ipv6] [<ffffffffa032af3b>] mld_sendpack+0x2c7/0x4a2 [ipv6] [<ffffffff810882bf>] ? lock_release_holdtime+0x14a/0x165 [<ffffffffa032b75a>] mld_ifc_timer_expire+0x255/0x2ab [ipv6] [<ffffffff810640e6>] ? run_timer_softirq+0x234/0x397 [<ffffffffa032b505>] ? mld_ifc_timer_expire+0x0/0x2ab [ipv6] [<ffffffff8106415d>] run_timer_softirq+0x2ab/0x397 [<ffffffff810640e6>] ? run_timer_softirq+0x234/0x397 [<ffffffff8105ee36>] ksoftirqd+0x16e/0x2a0 [<ffffffff8105ecc8>] ? ksoftirqd+0x0/0x2a0 [<ffffffff810735ab>] kthread+0xa8/0xb0 [<ffffffff8100d1da>] child_rip+0xa/0x20 [<ffffffff81073503>] ? kthread+0x0/0xb0 [<ffffffff8100d1d0>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x20 Code: 33 14 25 28 00 00 00 74 05 e8 fa 77 e5 ff c9 c3 55 48 89 e5 48 83 ec 10 65 48 8b 04 25 28 00 RIP [<ffffffff811ff47c>] strcmp+0x1b/0x46 RSP <ffff88007e88b760> CR2: 0000000000000006 ---[ end trace 0c5a17dc9397339f ]--- NOHZ: local_softirq_pending 02 [ OK ] Starting automount: NOHZ: local_softirq_pending 02 NOHZ: local_softirq_pending 02 NOHZ: local_softirq_pending 02 NOHZ: local_softirq_pending 02 NOHZ: local_softirq_pending 02 NOHZ: local_softirq_pending 02 NOHZ: local_softirq_pending 02 NOHZ: local_softirq_pending 02 NOHZ: local_softirq_pending 02 I remember seeing these last bits about local_softirq_pending in the list few weeks ago. I intend to check the other BUG message but decided posting to the list just in case someone is suffering from insomnia... Cheers, Luis -- [ Luis Claudio R. Goncalves Bass - Gospel - RT ] [ Fingerprint: 4FDD B8C4 3C59 34BD 8BE9 2696 7203 D980 A448 C8F8 ] -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
