This x86_64 system has dual Opteron CPUs on a Tyan 2880 board. Kernel version string: Linux version 2.6.2-bk4 (michael@sapphire) (gcc version 3.3.2 20040119 (Red Hat Linux 3.3.2-8)) #3 SMP Fri Jan 30 08:56:11 EST 2004 The same problem was produced with kernel versions 2.6.2-rc2 and 2.6.2-rc2-bk4. Output reproduced here is from -bk4. If raid6 is compiled into the kernel, the kernel panics while starting. In the present case, it was compiled as a module. On loading, there is a segfault, and syslog gets what follows: ---<snip>--- raid6: int64x1 1175 MB/s raid6: int64x2 1734 MB/s raid6: int64x4 1773 MB/s raid6: int64x8 1273 MB/s general protection fault: 0000 [1] CPU 1 Pid: 7310, comm: modprobe Not tainted RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa0186383>] <ffffffffa0186383>{:raid6:raid6_sse21_gen_syndrome+51} RSP: 0018:0000010021825dd8 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: 000000008005003b RBX: 0000010021cc6000 RCX: 00000000c0000100 RDX: 0000010021825e88 RSI: 0000000000001000 RDI: 000000000000000f RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000010021824000 R09: 000000000000000f R10: 00000000bfffe820 R11: 0000010021cc7000 R12: 0000010021825e88 R13: ffffffffa0186a40 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffffffffa0196ea0 FS: 0000002a958624c0(0000) GS:ffffffff803fe8c0(0000) knlGS:000000005577d4e0 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000421140 CR3: 000000000247f000 CR4: 00000000000006a0 Process modprobe (pid: 7310, stackpage=10037f01240) Stack: e9e6f7f8d5dacbc4 0000000000000000 1097038436b125a2 616e7f705d52434c 0000000000000246 00000000bfffe820 0000000000000000 0000010021824000 00000000ffff7cf4 00000000c0000100 Call Trace:<ffffffffa019b130>{:raid6:raid6_select_algo+240} <ffffffffa019b15d>{:raid6:raid6_select_algo+285} <ffffffffa019b009>{:raid6:raid6_init+9} <ffffffff8014f471>{sys_init_module+353} <ffffffff8010ee54>{system_call+124} Code: 66 0f 7f 04 24 66 0f 7f 4c 24 10 66 0f 7f 54 24 20 66 0f 7f RIP <ffffffffa0186383>{:raid6:raid6_sse21_gen_syndrome+51} RSP <0000010021825dd8> bad: scheduling while atomic! Call Trace:<ffffffff8012f6be>{schedule+94} <ffffffff80161eb5>{unmap_vmas+485} <ffffffff80166929>{exit_mmap+313} <ffffffff80132d17>{mmput+135} <ffffffff801381f0>{do_exit+576} <ffffffff80110515>{die+69} <ffffffff80110ef7>{do_general_protection+263} <ffffffff8010f811>{error_exit+0} <ffffffffa0186383>{:raid6:raid6_sse21_gen_syndrome+51} <ffffffffa019b130>{:raid6:raid6_select_algo+240} <ffffffffa019b15d>{:raid6:raid6_select_algo+285} <ffffffffa019b009>{:raid6:raid6_init+9} <ffffffff8014f471>{sys_init_module+353} <ffffffff8010ee54>{system_call+124} ---<snip>--- -- michael@mvdavid.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html