kernel 2.4.2-0.1.19 i586 Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000004 Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: printing eip: Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: c014619b Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: pgd entry c0942000: 0000000000000000 Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: pmd entry c0942000: 0000000000000000 Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: ... pmd not present! Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: Oops: 0000 Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: CPU: 0 Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: EIP: 0010:[clear_inode+219/304] Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: EIP: 0010:[<c014619b>] Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: EFLAGS: 00010202 Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: eax: 00000000 ebx: c0bd1e00 ecx: c0bd1e08 edx: 00000004 Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: esi: c16c5f84 edi: 00002091 ebp: c16c5f98 esp: c16c5f50 machine template Machine ID/name: #2/rock CPU: Intel Pentium 100 1 Memory: 65MB 1 Motherboard: N/A 1 Video: Trident Microsystems 3DIm`age 975 (rev f3) 5 Storage: Quantum Fireball EX6.4a ATA 6149MB 1 Quantum Fireball Ct10 05 ATA 4884MB 1 TEAC CD-W54E (CD-RW) 1 IOMEGA ZIP 100 ATAPI, ATAPI FLOPPY DRIVE 1 Network: 3c503 Etherlink II-TP ISA 2 Sound: Creative Labs SoundBlaster 16/DSP 2 * lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 430FX - 82437FX TSC [Triton I] (rev 02) 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371FB PIIX ISA [Triton I] (rev 02) 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371FB PIIX IDE [Triton I] (rev 02) 00:09.0 VGA compatible controller: Trident Microsystems 3DIm`age 975 (rev f3) lspci -n: 00:00.0 Class 0600: 8086:122d (rev 02) 00:07.0 Class 0601: 8086:122e (rev 02) 00:07.1 Class 0101: 8086:1230 (rev 02) 00:09.0 Class 0300: 1023:9750 (rev f3) Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: Process kswapd (pid: 3, stackpage=c16c5000) Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: Stack: c0bd1e00 c0145a30 c166d0c0 c0bd1c20 c0bd1c20 c0bd1e00 c0146228 c0bd1e00 Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: c0be6ba8 c0be6ba0 c014646e c16c5f84 0000016a c0bd0048 c0b7c268 00010f00 Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: 00000004 00000034 00000004 c01464b5 00000000 c012c806 00000006 00000004 Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: Call Trace: [destroy_inode+48/64] [dispose_list+56/96] [prune_icache+254/272] [shrink_icache_memory+53/80] [do_try_to_free_pages+102/128] [kswapd+112/272] [empty_bad_page+0/4096] Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: Call Trace: [<c0145a30>] [<c0146228>] [<c014646e>] [<c01464b5>] [<c012c806>] [<c012c890>] [<c0105000>] Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: [empty_bad_page+0/4096] [kernel_thread+38/48] [kswapd+0/272] Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: [<c0105000>] [<c01074b6>] [<c012c820>] Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: Code: ff 50 04 59 8b 83 90 00 00 00 85 c0 74 12 8b 40 20 85 c0 74 Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: kernel BUG at exit.c:465! Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: invalid operand: 0000 Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: CPU: 0 Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: EIP: 0010:[do_exit+560/576] ksymoops output (note warnings can be ignored because system had to be rebooted.) ksymoops 2.4.0 on i586 2.4.2-0.1.19. Options used -v /boot/vmlinux-2.4.2-0.1.19 (specified) -k /proc/ksyms (default) -l /proc/modules (default) -o /lib/modules/2.4.2-0.1.19/ (default) -m /boot/System.map-2.4.2-0.1.19 (default) Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(shmem_file_setup) not found in vmlinux. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Warning (compare_maps): mismatch on symbol partition_name , ksyms_base says c01b0130, vmlinux says c01524c0. Ignoring ksyms_base entry Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000004 Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: c014619b Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: Oops: 0000 Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: CPU: 0 Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: EIP: 0010:[clear_inode+219/304] Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: EIP: 0010:[<c014619b>] Using defaults from ksymoops -t elf32-i386 -a i386 Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: EFLAGS: 00010202 Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: eax: 00000000 ebx: c0bd1e00 ecx: c0bd1e08 edx: 00000004 Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: esi: c16c5f84 edi: 00002091 ebp: c16c5f98 esp: c16c5f50 Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: Process kswapd (pid: 3, stackpage=c16c5000) Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: Stack: c0bd1e00 c0145a30 c166d0c0 c0bd1c20 c0bd1c20 c0bd1e00 c0146228 c0bd1e00 Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: c0be6ba8 c0be6ba0 c014646e c16c5f84 0000016a c0bd0048 c0b7c268 00010f00 Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: 00000004 00000034 00000004 c01464b5 00000000 c012c806 00000006 00000004 Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: Call Trace: [destroy_inode+48/64] [dispose_list+56/96] [prune_icache+254/272] [shrink_icache_memory+53/80] [do_try_to_free_pages+102/128] [kswapd+112/272] [empty_bad_page+0/4096] Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: Call Trace: [<c0145a30>] [<c0146228>] [<c014646e>] [<c01464b5>] [<c012c806>] [<c012c890>] [<c0105000>] Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: [<c0105000>] [<c01074b6>] [<c012c820>] Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: Code: ff 50 04 59 8b 83 90 00 00 00 85 c0 74 12 8b 40 20 85 c0 74 >>EIP; c014619b <clear_inode+db/130> <===== Trace; c0145a30 <destroy_inode+30/40> Trace; c0146228 <dispose_list+38/60> Trace; c014646e <prune_icache+fe/110> Trace; c01464b5 <shrink_icache_memory+35/50> Trace; c012c806 <do_try_to_free_pages+66/80> Trace; c012c890 <kswapd+70/110> Trace; c0105000 <empty_bad_page+0/1000> Trace; c0105000 <empty_bad_page+0/1000> Trace; c01074b6 <kernel_thread+26/30> Trace; c012c820 <kswapd+0/110> Code; c014619b <clear_inode+db/130> 00000000 <_EIP>: Code; c014619b <clear_inode+db/130> <===== 0: ff 50 04 call *0x4(%eax) <===== Code; c014619e <clear_inode+de/130> 3: 59 pop %ecx Code; c014619f <clear_inode+df/130> 4: 8b 83 90 00 00 00 mov 0x90(%ebx),%eax Code; c01461a5 <clear_inode+e5/130> a: 85 c0 test %eax,%eax Code; c01461a7 <clear_inode+e7/130> c: 74 12 je 20 <_EIP+0x20> c01461bb <clear_inode+fb/130> Code; c01461a9 <clear_inode+e9/130> e: 8b 40 20 mov 0x20(%eax),%eax Code; c01461ac <clear_inode+ec/130> 11: 85 c0 test %eax,%eax Code; c01461ae <clear_inode+ee/130> 13: 74 00 je 15 <_EIP+0x15> c01461b0 <clear_inode+f0/130> Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: kernel BUG at exit.c:465! Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: invalid operand: 0000 Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: CPU: 0 Mar 21 04:02:19 rock kernel: EIP: 0010:[do_exit+560/576] 2 warnings issued. Results may not be reliable.
What kind of filesystems are you using? ext2 only?
No this a dual-boot RHL/Win98 box so I also have vfat and fat going.
The errata kernel seems to have fixed this.