Description of problem: Kernel crashes repeatedly Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.4.9-40smp How reproducible: It crashes unexpectedly Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: /var/log/messages: Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: general protection fault: be38 Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: Kernel 2.4.9-e.40smp Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: CPU: 2 Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: EIP: 0010:[<c02032f1>] Not tainted Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: EFLAGS: 00010246 Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: EIP is at tcp_connect [kernel] 0x161 Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: eax: 000005b4 ebx: 0000002c ecx: 00000001 edx: 0000050f Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: esi: d567bbb8 edi: d567bccd ebp: d567ba80 esp: dd8ebe20 Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: Process httpd (pid: 1809, stackpage=dd8eb000) Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: Stack: dd8ebe38 d567bd0c d567bcb4 000005b4 000005b4 c03e0900 40c7008d 0004523b Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: 00000000 00000000 d567ba80 000000f0 f08d22a0 c0205a4c d567ba80 f08d22a0 Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: 00000000 dd8ebe74 00000000 1a7bb2c8 d567bbb8 e24be180 1a7bb2c8 02c8eac8 Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: Call Trace: [<c0205a4c>] tcp_v4_connect [kernel] 0x2ec (0xdd8ebe54) Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: [<c0204b88>] tcp_bucket_create [kernel] 0x18 (0xdd8ebe94) Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: [<c0211af2>] inet_stream_connect [kernel] 0x122 (0xdd8ebec8) Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: [<c01d7726>] sys_connect [kernel] 0x56 (0xdd8ebee8) Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: [<c015ce99>] iput_free [kernel] 0x229 (0xdd8ebf10) Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: [<c0159ebc>] dput [kernel] 0x1c (0xdd8ebf40) Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: [<c0146c48>] __fput [kernel] 0x68 (0xdd8ebf64) Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: [<c0154ffa>] do_fcntl [kernel] 0x18a (0xdd8ebf7c) Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: [<c01d8090>] sys_socketcall [kernel] 0x90 (0xdd8ebf8c) Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: [<c015520d>] sys_fcntl64 [kernel] 0x8d (0xdd8ebfac) Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: [<c01073e3>] system_call [kernel] 0x33 (0xdd8ebfc0) Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: Code: 0f af d8 c6 86 15 01 00 00 00 81 fb 00 80 00 00 b8 ff 7f 00 Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: <0>Kernel panic: not continuing Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000004 Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: printing eip: Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: c0131988 Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: *pde = 00000000 Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: Oops: 0002 Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: Kernel 2.4.9-e.40smp Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: CPU: 1 Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: EIP: 0010:[<c0131988>] Not tainted Jun 9 09:20:29 LINUX kernel: EFLAGS: 00010282 Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: EIP is at do_generic_file_read [kernel] 0x598 Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: eax: 00000000 ebx: c1367b3c ecx: c1367b3c edx: f7ab692c Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: esi: c1367b3c edi: f3359630 ebp: 00000000 esp: c7c63ef8 Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: Process httpd (pid: 1449, stackpage=c7c63000) Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: Stack: 000000c3 f7ab692c 00000001 c1367b3c 00000000 f3359580 000081a4 c7c62000 Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: c5b73520 cdfc70a0 00000000 4001f000 00000000 00001000 c0131c07 f1d68540 Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: f1d68560 c7c63f48 c0131a80 00000000 00000000 00001000 4001f000 00000000 Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: Call Trace: [<c0131c07>] generic_file_new_read [kernel] 0x67 (0xc7c63f30) Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: [<c0131a80>] file_read_actor [kernel] 0x0 (0xc7c63f40) Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: [<c0131b9b>] generic_file_read [kernel] 0x1b (0xc7c63f64) Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: [<c0145d06>] sys_read [kernel] 0x96 (0xc7c63f7c) Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: [<c01073e3>] system_call [kernel] 0x33 (0xc7c63fc0) Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: Code: 89 48 04 89 01 89 79 04 89 0f 89 79 08 c6 47 1c 01 8b 5c 24 Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: <0>Kernel panic: not continuing Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 47f3359a Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: printing eip: Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: c013068c Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: *pde = 00000000 Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: Oops: 0002 Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: Kernel 2.4.9-e.40smp Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: CPU: 1 Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: EIP: 0010:[<c013068c>] Not tainted Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: EFLAGS: 00010202 Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: EIP is at filemap_fdatawait [kernel] 0x4c Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: eax: 47f33596 ebx: f3359649 ecx: f7800000 edx: 01f33596 Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: esi: f3359638 edi: f3359580 ebp: f6cb4460 esp: c7c63d6c Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: Process httpd (pid: 1449, stackpage=c7c63000) Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: Stack: 00000000 f3359580 c015b4bc f3359638 c011ca4b 00007a0a 00007a0a ffffffff Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: 00000246 00000000 00000000 00000000 f6cb4400 00000000 c7c63ec4 00000002 Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: c015b8b6 f6cb4400 c7c62000 c0147316 00000000 00000000 00000000 c0147377 Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: Call Trace: [<c015b4bc>] sync_inodes_sb [kernel] 0xec (0xc7c63d74) Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: [<c011ca4b>] call_console_drivers [kernel] 0xeb (0xc7c63d7c) Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: [<c015b8b6>] sync_inodes [kernel] 0x36 (0xc7c63dac) Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: [<c0147316>] fsync_dev [kernel] 0x36 (0xc7c63db8) Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: [<c0147377>] sys_sync [kernel] 0x7 (0xc7c63dc8) Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: [<c011c34d>] panic [kernel] 0x8d (0xc7c63dd0) Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: [<c0107987>] die [kernel] 0x77 (0xc7c63dd8) Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: [<c02646ef>] .rodata.str1.1 [kernel] 0x66a (0xc7c63ddc) Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: [<c024dbc0>] call_spurious_interrupt [kernel] 0x745f (0xc7c63de0) Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: [<c011841a>] do_page_fault [kernel] 0x38a (0xc7c63dec) Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: [<c02665af>] .rodata.str1.1 [kernel] 0x252a (0xc7c63df0) Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: [<c026659e>] .rodata.str1.1 [kernel] 0x2519 (0xc7c63dfc) Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: [<c0265b9e>] .rodata.str1.1 [kernel] 0x1b19 (0xc7c63e04) Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: [<c0131988>] do_generic_file_read [kernel] 0x598 (0xc7c63e08) Jun 9 09:20:30 LINUX kernel: [<c026658e>] .rodata.str1.1 [kernel] 0x2509 (0xc7c63e0c) Jun 9 09:20:31 LINUX kernel: [<c0266573>] .rodata.str1.1 [kernel] 0x24ee (0xc7c63e10) Jun 9 09:20:31 LINUX kernel: [<c012f6f3>] __insert_vm_struct [kernel] 0xe3 (0xc7c63e38) Jun 9 09:20:31 LINUX kernel: [<c01d8f7a>] sk_free [kernel] 0x6a (0xc7c63e58) Jun 9 09:20:31 LINUX kernel: [<c01d9f6c>] kfree_skbmem [kernel] 0xc (0xc7c63e90) Jun 9 09:20:31 LINUX kernel: [<c0118090>] do_page_fault [kernel] 0x0 (0xc7c63eb0) Jun 9 09:20:31 LINUX kernel: [<c01074e0>] error_code [kernel] 0x38 (0xc7c63eb8) Jun 9 09:20:31 LINUX kernel: [<c0131988>] do_generic_file_read [kernel] 0x598 (0xc7c63eec) Jun 9 09:20:31 LINUX kernel: [<c0131c07>] generic_file_new_read [kernel] 0x67 (0xc7c63f30) Jun 9 09:20:31 LINUX kernel: [<c0131a80>] file_read_actor [kernel] 0x0 (0xc7c63f40) Jun 9 09:20:31 LINUX kernel: [<c0131b9b>] generic_file_read [kernel] 0x1b (0xc7c63f64) Jun 9 09:20:31 LINUX kernel: [<c0131b9b>] generic_file_read [kernel] 0x1b (0xc7c63f64) Jun 9 09:20:31 LINUX kernel: [<c0145d06>] sys_read [kernel] 0x96 (0xc7c63f7c) Jun 9 09:20:31 LINUX kernel: [<c01073e3>] system_call [kernel] 0x33 (0xc7c63fc0) Jun 9 09:20:31 LINUX kernel: Jun 9 09:20:31 LINUX kernel: Jun 9 09:20:31 LINUX kernel: Code: 89 50 04 89 02 c7 43 04 00 00 00 00 c7 03 00 00 00 00 8b 06 Jun 9 09:20:31 LINUX kernel: <0>Kernel panic: not continuing lsmod: Module Size Used by Not tainted parport_pc 18852 1 (autoclean) lp 8160 0 (autoclean) parport 38112 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp] e100 58276 1 keybdev 2848 0 (unused) mousedev 5792 0 (unused) hid 22240 0 (unused) input 6528 0 [keybdev mousedev hid] usb-uhci 26916 0 (unused) usbcore 68832 1 [hid usb-uhci] ext3 71232 2 jbd 55604 2 [ext3] raid1 16516 2 aic7xxx 127168 6 sd_mod 13824 6 scsi_mod 127164 2 [aic7xxx sd_mod]
hmmm, if i had to guess quickly, this seems like h/w errors, is that likely? Perhaps you can try running something like memtest86 to check your memory.
any updates?
It was a memory error. Thanks for promptness.