Seems pretty common. Begin forwarded message: Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 15:44:29 -0800 From: bugme-daemon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: bugme-new@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [Bugme-new] [Bug 7614] New: kernel BUG at mm/slab.c:594! Seems to affect various SCSI systems in various ways. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7614 Summary: kernel BUG at mm/slab.c:594! Seems to affect various SCSI systems in various ways. Kernel Version: 2.6.18 Status: NEW Severity: normal Owner: io_scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Submitter: dmartin@xxxxxxxxxxxx Most recent kernel where this bug did *NOT* occur: Unknown Distribution: Fedora Hardware Environment: i386 with aic7XXX and other Software Environment: Problem Description: In my system, my tape drive generates the error below from time to time, seemingly randomly. Others seem to have had the same problem with different hardware using different scsi devices. Here's other people with the same error: http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/11/12/63 http://www.mail-archive.com/bcm43xx-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg02470.html http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-scsi/msg12907.html http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-scsi/msg12783.html ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at mm/slab.c:594! invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] last sysfs file: /class/net/vmnet1/address Modules linked in: ipv6 vmnet(U) vmmon(U) video sbs i2c_ec container button battery asus_acpi ac lp parport_pc parport ohci_hcd floppy st sg serio_raw i2c_piix4 i2c_core cfi_probe gen_probe scb2_flash mtdcore e1000 chipreg map_funcs pcspkr ide_cd cdrom dm_snapshot dm_zero dm_mirror dm_mod ext3 jbd aacraid aic7xxx scsi_transport_spi sd_mod scsi_mod CPU: 0 EIP: 0060:[<c045d3ac>] Tainted: P VLI EFLAGS: 00010202 (2.6.18-1.2239.fc5 #1) EIP is at kmem_cache_free+0x29/0x62 eax: c0010068 ebx: f7ffe860 ecx: f7ff5620 edx: c1800000 esi: f7ffcf40 edi: 00000000 ebp: f6b4ac90 esp: ebba4e28 ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 Process tar (pid: 5584, ti=ebba4000 task=dff52270 task.ti=ebba4000) ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 Process tar (pid: 5584, ti=ebba4000 task=dff52270 task.ti=ebba4000) Stack: f7ffe860 f7ffcf40 00000000 c0448c0e 00000000 e0963da0 f7ffcf40 e0963da0 c04653e6 00000800 00000000 c046510c f8843f74 00000800 00000000 00000006 ebba4f5c da3876c8 00000800 00000000 00000002 c1704480 00002000 00000000 Call Trace: [<c0448c0e>] mempool_free+0x61/0x66 [<c04653e6>] bio_free+0x25/0x30 [<c046510c>] bio_put+0x27/0x28 [<f8843f74>] scsi_execute_async+0x15a/0x32d [scsi_mod] [<f8952c57>] st_do_scsi+0x1d1/0x221 [st] [<f89565d8>] st_read+0x2ed/0x7a6 [st] [<c04613d8>] vfs_read+0xa6/0x157 [<c0461760>] sys_read+0x41/0x67 [<c0402d9b>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb DWARF2 unwinder stuck at syscall_call+0x7/0xb Leftover inexact backtrace: ======================= Code: 5f c3 57 89 d7 8d 92 00 00 00 40 89 c1 c1 ea 0c c1 e2 05 03 15 70 53 79 c0 56 53 8b 02 f6 c4 40 74 03 8b 52 0c 8b 02 84 c0 78 08 <0f> 0b 52 02 e3 f8 61 c0 39 4a 18 74 08 0f 0b 99 0d e3 f8 61 c0 EIP: [<c045d3ac>] kmem_cache_free+0x29/0x62 SS:ESP 0068:ebba4e28 Steps to reproduce: Unknown. Seriously... Argh. Sorry that this bug report isn't very helpful. I just figured havning SCSI problems was serious enough to warrant posting without better information. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html