Description of problem: Kernel panic in kswapd during high read I/O. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.4.21-47.ELsmp/i686 How reproducible: Unknown Steps to Reproduce: Running a backup of the system using Yosemite Backup. Actual results: Kernel panic Expected results: No kernel panic Additional info: Kernel trace (from photo of console): EFLAGS: 00010206 EIP is at clear_inode [kernel] 0xb9 (2.4.21-47.ELsmp/i686) eax: 0101a8c0 ebx: e9a67500 ecx: 00000000 edx: c54b4000 esi: e9a67500 edi: c54b5f7c ebp: 00000000 esp: c54b5f4c ds: 0068 es: 0068 ss: 0068 Process kswapd (pid: 11, stackpacge=c54b5000)S Stack: e9a67500 e9a67508 c018191c e9a67500 c0150068 ffffffef c03b0604 000011ea e6bf1080 c0181bf8 c54b5f7c 00002470 e9a67708 d81d9308 c03abc00 00017f4a 00000001 00000040 c0181e77 000011ea 00000000 c0181f04 0000365a 00000001 Call Trace: [<c018191c>] dispose_list [kernel] 0x3c (0xc54b5f54) [<c0150068>] do_mlock [kernel] 0x58 (0xc54b5fc) [<c0181b48>] __prune_icache [kernel] 0x88 (0xc54b5f70) [<c0181e77>] prune_icache [kernel] 0x17 (0xc54b5f94) [<c0181f04>] shrink_icache_memory [kernel] 0x24 (0xc54b5fa0) [<c0157b48>] do_try_to_free_pages_kswapd [kerne] 0x168 (0xc54b5fac) [<c0157cf8>] kswapd [kernel] 0x68 (0xc54b5fd0) [<c0157c90>] kswapd [kernel] 0x0 (0xc54b5fe4) [<c01095cd>] kernel_thread_helper [kernel] 0x5 (0xc54b5ff0) Code: 8b 50 3c 85 d2 75 5a 8b 8b 0c 01 00 00 85 c9 75 46 8b 83 10 Kernel panic: Fatal exception
Created attachment 140381 [details] Kernel trace after panic
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