Description of problem: We are facing Kernel panic issue in our environment on one of our RHEL Server. This problem is intermittent. Not sure when it occurs Here is the Kernel Panic message.... Dec 22 23:49:23 sd-viewsrv1 kernel: eip: c0171e11 Dec 22 23:49:23 sd-viewsrv1 kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------ Dec 22 23:49:23 sd-viewsrv1 kernel: kernel BUG at include/asm/spinlock.h:133! Dec 22 23:49:23 sd-viewsrv1 kernel: invalid operand: 0000 [#1] Dec 22 23:49:23 sd-viewsrv1 kernel: SMP Dec 22 23:49:23 sd-viewsrv1 kernel: Modules linked in: nfs mvfs(U) vnode(U) nfsd exportfs lockd nfs_acl md5 ipv6 parport_pc lp parport autofs4 i2c_dev i2c_core sunrpc dm_mirror dm_multipath dm_mod button battery ac ohci_hcd e1000 floppy sg ext3 jbd mptscsih mptsas mptspi mptfc mptscsi mptbase sd_mod scsi_mod Dec 22 23:49:23 sd-viewsrv1 kernel: CPU: 1 Dec 22 23:49:23 sd-viewsrv1 kernel: EIP: 0060:[<c02d11e8>] Tainted: PF VLI Dec 22 23:49:23 sd-viewsrv1 kernel: EFLAGS: 00010216 (2.6.9-34.ELsmp) Dec 22 23:49:23 sd-viewsrv1 kernel: EIP is at _spin_lock+0x1c/0x34 Dec 22 23:49:23 sd-viewsrv1 kernel: eax: c02e4ca6 ebx: e88413e4 ecx: f6333f0c edx: c0171e11 Dec 22 23:49:23 sd-viewsrv1 kernel: esi: e88413dc edi: e88413e4 ebp: 00000001 esp: f6333f10 Dec 22 23:49:23 sd-viewsrv1 kernel: ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 Dec 22 23:49:23 sd-viewsrv1 kernel: Process nfsd (pid: 2964, threadinfo=f6333000 task=f6452930) Dec 22 23:49:23 sd-viewsrv1 kernel: Stack: f88de760 c0171e11 f88de760 f7f5f200 00000000 f6449500 f8b6edd0 0ce280f9 Dec 22 23:49:23 sd-viewsrv1 kernel: 00800011 f34ecc80 f5cb3000 f7f5f200 f55db800 f8b95718 f8b6c105 00000350 Dec 22 23:49:24 sd-viewsrv1 kernel: 00000000 f5cb30f0 00000002 f55db8e8 f7f5f200 f8b73cc4 defb001c f8b6b681 Dec 22 23:49:24 sd-viewsrv1 kernel: Call Trace: Dec 22 23:49:24 sd-viewsrv1 kernel: [<c0171e11>] dnotify_parent+0x1b/0x6e Dec 22 23:49:24 sd-viewsrv1 kernel: [<f8b6edd0>] nfsd_read+0x26f/0x28d [nfsd] Dec 22 23:49:24 sd-viewsrv1 kernel: [<f8b6c105>] nfsd_proc_read+0xf7/0xfe [nfsd] Dec 22 23:49:24 sd-viewsrv1 kernel: [<f8b73cc4>] nfssvc_decode_readargs+0x0/0x12f [nfsd] Dec 22 23:49:24 sd-viewsrv1 kernel: [<f8b6b681>] nfsd_dispatch+0xba/0x16d [nfsd] Dec 22 23:49:24 sd-viewsrv1 kernel: [<f8aca55b>] svc_process+0x432/0x6d7 [sunrpc] Dec 22 23:49:24 sd-viewsrv1 kernel: [<f8b6b45a>] nfsd+0x1cc/0x339 [nfsd] Dec 22 23:49:24 sd-viewsrv1 kernel: [<f8b6b28e>] nfsd+0x0/0x339 [nfsd] Dec 22 23:49:24 sd-viewsrv1 kernel: [<c01041f5>] kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0xb Dec 22 23:49:24 sd-viewsrv1 kernel: Code: 00 75 09 f0 81 02 00 00 00 01 30 c9 89 c8 c3 53 89 c3 81 78 04 ad 4e ad de 74 18 ff 74 24 04 68 a6 4c 2e c0 e8 54 14 e5 ff 58 5a <0f> 0b 85 00 60 3d 2e c0 f0 fe 0b 79 09 f3 90 80 3b 00 7e f9 eb Dec 22 23:49:24 sd-viewsrv1 kernel: <0>Fatal exception: panic in 5 seconds Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Linux sd-viewsrv1 2.6.9-34.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri Feb 24 16:54:53 EST 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux How reproducible: I dont know how to reproduce Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: I am running IBM Rational ClearCase + Samba Server on this host
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 191831 ***