I m trying to create 300+ rules using a script without delay . I m NOT passing any traffic through the device , just rule creation . I m using SMP 2.6.34 kernel , Xeon 5570 Quad core processor + 12 GB do let me know if any more information is need. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Anand Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------ Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: kernel BUG at mm/vmalloc.c:304! Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: last sysfs file: /sys/class/net/lo/operstate Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: Modules linked in: xt_state nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_physdev sch_htb xt_IMQ imq nfnetlink nf_conntrack_sip nf_conntrack_ftp nf_conntrack iptable_mangle iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables bridge stp llc loop serio_raw ext3 jbd mbcache Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: Pid: 22143, comm: iptables Not tainted 2.6.34-12-rcudbg-nohpet #1 Greencity/Thurley Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: EIP: 0060:[<c108b1cd>] EFLAGS: 00010207 CPU: 1 Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: EIP is at __insert_vmap_area+0x26/0x96 Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: EAX: 00000000 EBX: ffbbd000 ECX: 00000000 EDX: f66fcb4c Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: ESI: f6086400 EDI: f6086400 EBP: 00443000 ESP: f6379d74 Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0033 SS: 0068 Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: Process iptables (pid: 22143, ti=f6378000 task=f7534790 task.ti=f6378000) Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: Stack: Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: ffbbd000 f83fe000 c108ba08 00000000 f6d02e00 ffffffff 00000000 00442fff Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: <0> f83fe000 00000001 000000d0 f8841000 f6086400 00000000 c7e82d48 c102cf4e Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: <0> f6774ea0 f6774ea0 000080d0 00000001 c108bb09 ffbfe000 00000000 000000d2 Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: Call Trace: Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: [<c108ba08>] ? alloc_vmap_area+0x207/0x219 Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: [<c102cf4e>] ? irq_exit+0x36/0x58 Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: [<c108bb09>] ? __get_vm_area_node+0xef/0x16c Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: [<f8576f01>] ? xt_alloc_table_info+0x5e/0x97 [x_tables] Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: [<c108c110>] ? __vmalloc_node+0x6c/0x9e Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: [<f8576f01>] ? xt_alloc_table_info+0x5e/0x97 [x_tables] Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: [<c108c1e7>] ? vmalloc_node+0x1d/0x21 Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: [<f8576f01>] ? xt_alloc_table_info+0x5e/0x97 [x_tables] Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: [<f8576f01>] ? xt_alloc_table_info+0x5e/0x97 [x_tables] Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: [<f85a2c85>] ? do_ipt_set_ctl+0x74/0x3f4 [ip_tables] Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: [<c10760a1>] ? __alloc_pages_nodemask+0xe2/0x4de Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: [<c121515e>] ? nf_sockopt+0x102/0x117 Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: [<c121519d>] ? nf_setsockopt+0x14/0x19 Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: [<c121f2fa>] ? ip_setsockopt+0x59/0x72 Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: [<c11f3a77>] ? sock_common_setsockopt+0x12/0x16 Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: [<c11f21aa>] ? sys_setsockopt+0x5e/0x7d Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: [<c11f3776>] ? sys_socketcall+0x14d/0x1c3 Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: [<c10025cc>] ? sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x22 Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: Code: 01 5b 5e 5f c3 56 31 c9 89 c6 b8 94 36 45 c1 53 eb 1f 8b 06 3b 42 f8 73 05 8d 42 08 eb 11 8b 46 04 3b 42 f4 76 05 8d 42 04 eb 04 <0f> 0b eb fe 89 d1 8b 10 85 d2 75 db 8d 5e 0c ba 94 36 45 c1 89 Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: EIP: [<c108b1cd>] __insert_vmap_area+0x26/0x96 SS:ESP 0068:f6379d74 Aug 24 18:28:34 debian kernel: ---[ end trace 0ee1ce01b56bccc5 ]--- Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: INFO: RCU detected CPU 0 stall (t=3000 jiffies) Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: sending NMI to all CPUs: Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: NMI backtrace for cpu 2 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: Modules linked in: xt_state nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_physdev sch_htb xt_IMQ imq nfnetlink nf_conntrack_sip nf_conntrack_ftp nf_conntrack iptable_mangle iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables bridge stp llc loop serio_raw ext3 jbd mbcache Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: Pid: 22145, comm: iptables Tainted: G D 2.6.34-12-rcudbg-nohpet #1 Greencity/Thurley Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: EIP: 0060:[<c1268b66>] EFLAGS: 00000293 CPU: 2 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: EIP is at _raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x15 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: EAX: c1453684 EBX: f83fe000 ECX: 00000000 EDX: 00005351 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: ESI: f83fe000 EDI: f6f88d40 EBP: 00443000 ESP: f556bd7c Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0033 SS: 0068 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: Process iptables (pid: 22145, ti=f556a000 task=f6eb0790 task.ti=f556a000) Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: Stack: Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: c108b8c0 003fffff ffffffff ffffffff 00000000 00000002 f83fe000 00000001 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: <0> 000000d0 00000010 f6f88d40 00000000 00000002 00000000 f6c9c500 f6c9c500 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: <0> 000080d0 00000001 c108bb09 ffbfe000 00000000 000000d2 00000002 00000020 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: Call Trace: Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c108b8c0>] ? alloc_vmap_area+0xbf/0x219 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c108bb09>] ? __get_vm_area_node+0xef/0x16c Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<f8576f01>] ? xt_alloc_table_info+0x5e/0x97 [x_tables] Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c108c110>] ? __vmalloc_node+0x6c/0x9e Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<f8576f01>] ? xt_alloc_table_info+0x5e/0x97 [x_tables] Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c108c1e7>] ? vmalloc_node+0x1d/0x21 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<f8576f01>] ? xt_alloc_table_info+0x5e/0x97 [x_tables] Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<f8576f01>] ? xt_alloc_table_info+0x5e/0x97 [x_tables] Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<f85a2c85>] ? do_ipt_set_ctl+0x74/0x3f4 [ip_tables] Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c10760a1>] ? __alloc_pages_nodemask+0xe2/0x4de Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c102cf4e>] ? irq_exit+0x36/0x58 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c121515e>] ? nf_sockopt+0x102/0x117 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c121519d>] ? nf_setsockopt+0x14/0x19 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c121f2fa>] ? ip_setsockopt+0x59/0x72 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c11f3a77>] ? sock_common_setsockopt+0x12/0x16 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c11f21aa>] ? sys_setsockopt+0x5e/0x7d Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c11f3776>] ? sys_socketcall+0x14d/0x1c3 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c10025cc>] ? sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x22 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: Code: 01 00 00 75 05 f0 66 0f b1 0b 0f 94 c1 0f b6 c1 89 c2 31 c0 85 d2 0f 95 c0 5b c3 ba 00 01 00 00 f0 66 0f c1 10 38 f2 74 06 f3 90 <8a> 10 eb f6 c3 9c 5a fa b9 00 01 00 00 f0 66 0f c1 08 38 e9 74 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: Call Trace: Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c108b8c0>] ? alloc_vmap_area+0xbf/0x219 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c108bb09>] ? __get_vm_area_node+0xef/0x16c Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<f8576f01>] ? xt_alloc_table_info+0x5e/0x97 [x_tables] Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c108c110>] ? __vmalloc_node+0x6c/0x9e Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<f8576f01>] ? xt_alloc_table_info+0x5e/0x97 [x_tables] Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c108c1e7>] ? vmalloc_node+0x1d/0x21 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<f8576f01>] ? xt_alloc_table_info+0x5e/0x97 [x_tables] Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<f8576f01>] ? xt_alloc_table_info+0x5e/0x97 [x_tables] Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<f85a2c85>] ? do_ipt_set_ctl+0x74/0x3f4 [ip_tables] Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c10760a1>] ? __alloc_pages_nodemask+0xe2/0x4de Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c102cf4e>] ? irq_exit+0x36/0x58 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c121515e>] ? nf_sockopt+0x102/0x117 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c121519d>] ? nf_setsockopt+0x14/0x19 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c121f2fa>] ? ip_setsockopt+0x59/0x72 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c11f3a77>] ? sock_common_setsockopt+0x12/0x16 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c11f21aa>] ? sys_setsockopt+0x5e/0x7d Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c11f3776>] ? sys_socketcall+0x14d/0x1c3 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c10025cc>] ? sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x22 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: Pid: 22145, comm: iptables Tainted: G D 2.6.34-12-rcudbg-nohpet #1 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: Call Trace: Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c1012548>] ? nmi_watchdog_tick+0x9b/0x155 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c100353e>] ? do_nmi+0x8c/0x262 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c1269535>] ? nmi_stack_correct+0x28/0x2d Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c1268b66>] ? _raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x15 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c108b8c0>] ? alloc_vmap_area+0xbf/0x219 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c108bb09>] ? __get_vm_area_node+0xef/0x16c Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<f8576f01>] ? xt_alloc_table_info+0x5e/0x97 [x_tables] Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c108c110>] ? __vmalloc_node+0x6c/0x9e Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<f8576f01>] ? xt_alloc_table_info+0x5e/0x97 [x_tables] Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c108c1e7>] ? vmalloc_node+0x1d/0x21 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<f8576f01>] ? xt_alloc_table_info+0x5e/0x97 [x_tables] Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<f8576f01>] ? xt_alloc_table_info+0x5e/0x97 [x_tables] Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<f85a2c85>] ? do_ipt_set_ctl+0x74/0x3f4 [ip_tables] Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c10760a1>] ? __alloc_pages_nodemask+0xe2/0x4de Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c102cf4e>] ? irq_exit+0x36/0x58 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c121515e>] ? nf_sockopt+0x102/0x117 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c121519d>] ? nf_setsockopt+0x14/0x19 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c121f2fa>] ? ip_setsockopt+0x59/0x72 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c11f3a77>] ? sock_common_setsockopt+0x12/0x16 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c11f21aa>] ? sys_setsockopt+0x5e/0x7d Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c11f3776>] ? sys_socketcall+0x14d/0x1c3 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c10025cc>] ? sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x22 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: NMI backtrace for cpu 3 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: Modules linked in: xt_state nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_physdev sch_htb xt_IMQ imq nfnetlink nf_conntrack_sip nf_conntrack_ftp nf_conntrack iptable_mangle iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables bridge stp llc loop serio_raw ext3 jbd mbcache Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G D 2.6.34-12-rcudbg-nohpet #1 Greencity/Thurley Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: EIP: 0060:[<c1006d53>] EFLAGS: 00000246 CPU: 3 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: EIP is at mwait_idle+0x7a/0x7f Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: EAX: 00000000 EBX: f7496000 ECX: 00000000 EDX: 00000000 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: ESI: c13a5b28 EDI: 00000000 EBP: 00000000 ESP: f7497fa4 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0000 SS: 0068 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: Process swapper (pid: 0, ti=f7496000 task=f7476b40 task.ti=f7496000) Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: Stack: Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: 00000003 c1001924 06100800 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: <0> 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 000000d8 00000000 00000000 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: <0> 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: Call Trace: Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c1001924>] ? cpu_idle+0x41/0x5d Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: Code: ff 8d 42 08 0f ae 7a 08 89 e3 31 c9 81 e3 00 e0 ff ff 89 ca 8d 43 08 0f 01 c8 0f ae f0 89 f6 f6 43 08 08 75 08 89 c8 fb 0f 01 c9 <eb> 01 fb 5b c3 83 3d 24 2d 3a c1 00 53 74 1b 8b 1d 30 2d 3a c1 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: Call Trace: Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c1001924>] ? cpu_idle+0x41/0x5d Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G D 2.6.34-12-rcudbg-nohpet #1 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: Call Trace: Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c1012548>] ? nmi_watchdog_tick+0x9b/0x155 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c100353e>] ? do_nmi+0x8c/0x262 Aug 24 18:28:41 debian kernel: [<c1269535>] ? nmi_stack_correct+0x28/0x2d -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html