Bug 120575

Summary: kernel-2.6.5-1.315 freezes w/ "bad pmd" messages
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Tom London <selinux>
Component: kernelAssignee: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Description Tom London 2004-04-11 03:06:14 UTC
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Description of problem:
Kernel randomly freezes.  Did NOT occur with kernel-2.6.5-1.309.

/var/log/messages show:

Apr 10 18:56:33 fedora mdmpd: mdmpd failed
Apr 10 18:56:33 fedora kernel: mm/memory.c:102: bad pmd 0c4000e3.
Apr 10 18:56:33 fedora kernel: mm/memory.c:102: bad pmd 0c8000e3.
Apr 10 18:56:33 fedora kernel: mm/memory.c:102: bad pmd 0cc000e3.
Apr 10 18:56:33 fedora kernel: mm/memory.c:102: bad pmd 0c4000e3.
Apr 10 18:56:33 fedora kernel: mm/memory.c:102: bad pmd 0c8000e3.
Apr 10 18:56:33 fedora kernel: mm/memory.c:102: bad pmd 0cc000e3.
Apr 10 18:56:33 fedora kernel: mm/memory.c:102: bad pmd 0c4000e3.
Apr 10 18:56:33 fedora kernel: mm/memory.c:102: bad pmd 0c8000e3.
Apr 10 18:56:33 fedora kernel: mm/memory.c:102: bad pmd 0cc000e3.
Apr 10 18:56:33 fedora kernel: mm/memory.c:102: bad pmd 0c4000e3.
Apr 10 18:56:33 fedora kernel: mm/memory.c:102: bad pmd 0c8000e3.
Apr 10 18:56:33 fedora kernel: mm/memory.c:102: bad pmd 0cc000e3.
Apr 10 18:56:33 fedora kernel: mm/memory.c:102: bad pmd 0c4000e3.
Apr 10 18:56:33 fedora kernel: mm/memory.c:102: bad pmd 0c8000e3.
Apr 10 18:56:33 fedora kernel: mm/memory.c:102: bad pmd 0cc000e3.
Apr 10 18:56:33 fedora init: open(/dev/pts/0): No such file or directory
Apr 10 18:56:33 fedora kernel: mm/memory.c:102: bad pmd 0c4000e3.
Apr 10 18:56:33 fedora kernel: mm/memory.c:102: bad pmd 0c8000e3.
Apr 10 18:56:33 fedora init: open(/dev/pts/0): No such file or directory
Apr 10 18:56:33 fedora last message repeated 5 times
Apr 10 18:56:33 fedora kernel: mm/memory.c:102: bad pmd 0cc000e3.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.5-1.315

How reproducible:
Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install 315 kernel
2. Boot.  Sometimes freezes before going multi-user.
3. Wait....
    

Additional info:

Comment 1 Arjan van de Ven 2004-04-12 12:06:13 UTC
ok found it; fixed in build 318 from
http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.6/
which is rsyncing to the server right now.

Comment 2 Tom London 2004-04-12 16:43:23 UTC
Quick response!  Thanks.

Since my system was freezing left and right, I "yum"-ed build 319 from
http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.6/.

Seems to be working......

thanks again.

Comment 3 Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer 2004-04-12 17:41:39 UTC
I was having some problems starting X so I upgraded my kernel to
version 319. Just got an oops, here it is:
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer
dereference at virtual address 00000000
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel:  printing eip:
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel: 0217869f
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel: *pde = 00000000
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel: Oops: 0000 [#1]
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel: CPU:    0
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel: EIP:    0060:[<0217869f>]    Not tainted
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel: EFLAGS: 00013297   (2.6.5-1.319) 
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel: EIP is at d_find_alias+0xa8/0x207
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel: eax: 00000000   ebx: 00000000   ecx:
14ae2e88   edx: 17004454
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel: esi: 12a87a80   edi: 00000000   ebp:
21ebf400   esp: 14ae2d9c
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel: ds: 007b   es: 007b   ss: 0068
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel: Process xkbcomp (pid: 1946,
threadinfo=14ae2000 task=188cf360)
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel: Stack: 00000000 17004444 00100000
021b82e0 1a4f0484 0000029a 00100000 021c4a15 
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel:        00100000 14ae2e00 00000000
00000000 00003202 123a911c 00000000 fffffffe 
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel:        021b945a 00100000 14ae2e00
00000000 0000029a 00000200 14ae2000 00000000 
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel: Call Trace:
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel:  [<021b82e0>] avc_audit+0x365/0xa5a
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel:  [<021c4a15>]
security_compute_av+0x8d/0x96
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel:  [<021b945a>]
avc_has_perm_noaudit+0x1a2/0x488
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel:  [<02140215>]
buffered_rmqueue+0x1e9/0x20c
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel:  [<021b977f>] avc_has_perm+0x3f/0x49
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel:  [<021bad68>] inode_has_perm+0x57/0x5f
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel:  [<021bc67c>]
selinux_inode_permission+0x7a/0x7e
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel:  [<0216dd23>] permission+0x41/0x46
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel:  [<0216e537>] link_path_walk+0x112/0xcd8
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel:  [<0216f350>] path_lookup+0xf8/0x128
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel:  [<0216f9b4>] open_namei+0x93/0x409
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel:  [<0215d7e2>] filp_open+0x23/0x3c
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel:  [<0215ddc4>] sys_open+0x31/0x7d
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel: 
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel: Code: 8b 00 0f 18 00 90 8d 73 c4 f6
46 04 10 0f 85 a8 00 00 00 f6 
Apr 12 13:45:13 shookaylt kernel:  lib/dec_and_lock.c:32:
spin_lock(fs/dcache.c:02334914) already locked by fs/dcache.c/293


Comment 4 Arjan van de Ven 2004-04-12 17:48:49 UTC
that's one odd oops; can you please open a new bug for it so that we
can keep it separate from the pmd issue? Thank you.