Description of problem: While perusing syslog for traces of an unrelated crash, I came across this log message: kernel: Badness at kernel/softirq.c:138 I don't recall having any particular problems... reporting in case stack traces help maintainers.. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 How reproducible: Unknown Steps to Reproduce: 1. unknown Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: Jun 15 10:22:53 spx kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------ Jun 15 10:22:53 spx kernel: Badness at kernel/softirq.c:138 Jun 15 10:22:53 spx kernel: Call Trace: Jun 15 10:22:53 spx kernel: [EA957BD0] [C0008AB0] show_stack+0x50/0x184 (unreliable) Jun 15 10:22:53 spx kernel: [EA957BF0] [C012072C] report_bug+0x84/0xc8 Jun 15 10:22:53 spx kernel: [EA957C00] [C02B1A2C] __kprobes_text_start+0x154/0x538 Jun 15 10:22:53 spx kernel: [EA957C50] [C0013280] ret_from_except_full+0x0/0x4c Jun 15 10:22:53 spx kernel: --- Exception: 700 at local_bh_enable+0x28/0x8c Jun 15 10:22:53 spx kernel: LR = cond_resched_softirq+0x58/0x80 Jun 15 10:22:53 spx kernel: [EA957D10] [84022488] 0x84022488 (unreliable) Jun 15 10:22:53 spx kernel: [EA957D20] [C02B0344] cond_resched_softirq+0x58/0x80 Jun 15 10:22:53 spx kernel: [EA957D30] [C0231D30] release_sock+0x54/0xac Jun 15 10:22:53 spx kernel: [EA957D50] [C0269B20] tcp_sendmsg+0xac0/0xbf8 Jun 15 10:22:53 spx kernel: [EA957DB0] [C028666C] inet_sendmsg+0x60/0x74 Jun 15 10:22:53 spx kernel: [EA957DD0] [C022ED68] sock_aio_write+0x114/0x130 Jun 15 10:22:53 spx kernel: [EA957E30] [C008FF38] do_sync_write+0xb8/0x10c Jun 15 10:22:53 spx kernel: [EA957EF0] [C0090B10] vfs_write+0x104/0x1c8 Jun 15 10:22:53 spx kernel: [EA957F10] [C00911AC] sys_write+0x4c/0x8c Jun 15 10:22:53 spx kernel: [EA957F40] [C0012C24] ret_from_syscall+0x0/0x38 Jun 15 10:22:53 spx kernel: --- Exception: c00 at 0xf14f0bc Jun 15 10:22:53 spx kernel: LR = 0xf14f0a4 [...] Jun 15 12:04:51 spx kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------ Jun 15 12:04:51 spx kernel: Badness at kernel/softirq.c:138 Jun 15 12:04:51 spx kernel: Call Trace: Jun 15 12:04:51 spx kernel: [EAA9FB30] [C0008AB0] show_stack+0x50/0x184 (unreliable) Jun 15 12:04:51 spx kernel: [EAA9FB50] [C012072C] report_bug+0x84/0xc8 Jun 15 12:04:51 spx kernel: [EAA9FB60] [C02B1A2C] __kprobes_text_start+0x154/0x538 Jun 15 12:04:51 spx kernel: [EAA9FBB0] [C0013280] ret_from_except_full+0x0/0x4c Jun 15 12:04:51 spx kernel: --- Exception: 700 at local_bh_enable+0x28/0x8c Jun 15 12:04:51 spx kernel: LR = cond_resched_softirq+0x58/0x80 Jun 15 12:04:51 spx kernel: [EAA9FC70] [24042488] 0x24042488 (unreliable) Jun 15 12:04:51 spx kernel: [EAA9FC80] [C02B0344] cond_resched_softirq+0x58/0x80 Jun 15 12:04:51 spx kernel: [EAA9FC90] [C0231D30] release_sock+0x54/0xac Jun 15 12:04:51 spx kernel: [EAA9FCB0] [C0269B20] tcp_sendmsg+0xac0/0xbf8 Jun 15 12:04:51 spx kernel: [EAA9FD10] [C028666C] inet_sendmsg+0x60/0x74 Jun 15 12:04:51 spx kernel: [EAA9FD30] [C022FBCC] sock_sendmsg+0xd0/0x100 Jun 15 12:04:51 spx kernel: [EAA9FE20] [C0230F7C] sys_sendto+0xe0/0x110 Jun 15 12:04:51 spx kernel: [EAA9FF00] [C02312A0] sys_socketcall+0x148/0x1fc Jun 15 12:04:51 spx kernel: [EAA9FF40] [C0012C24] ret_from_syscall+0x0/0x38 Jun 15 12:04:51 spx kernel: --- Exception: c00 at 0xf14f6ac Jun 15 12:04:51 spx kernel: LR = 0xf14f698
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 240982 ***