From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461; .NET CLR 1.0.3705) Description of problem: Have had this happen now twice - both same events prior: do a patch of components via rhnd - do NOT reboot, during the next maintainence (logrotate, etc). system hangs (high prio kernel activity e.g. routing and network seem to continue) for user processes. this is the output from my messages file: May 19 04:02:05 paaserver syslogd 1.4.1: restart. May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 5959e040 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: printing eip: May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: c012d172 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: *pde = 00000000 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: Oops: 0000 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: Kernel 2.4.9-31 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: CPU: 0 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: EIP: 0010:[kmem_cache_alloc+50/192] Tainted: P May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: EIP: 0010:[<c012d172>] Tainted: P May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: EFLAGS: 00010002 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: EIP is at kmem_cache_alloc [kernel] 0x32 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: eax: 2020200a ebx: c1c861a0 ecx: d8d96000 edx: 00000000 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: esi: 00000282 edi: 2020200a ebp: df7a5400 esp: c98b1df8 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: Process updatedb (pid: 3899, stackpage=c98b1000) May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: Stack: dffcf3e4 d9b17240 000003e4 d9b17240 c1c861a0 c1cf0878 c1cf0878 c0149bd0 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: c1c861a0 000000f0 00000001 00000001 00000000 00000000 00000000 c1cf0878 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: 0004806f df7a5400 c0149f02 df7a5400 0004806f c1cf0878 00000000 00000000 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: Call Trace: [get_new_inode+32/384] get_new_inode [kernel] 0x20 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: Call Trace: [<c0149bd0>] get_new_inode [kernel] 0x20 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: [iget4+210/224] iget4 [kernel] 0xd2 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: [<c0149f02>] iget4 [kernel] 0xd2 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: [kmem_cache_alloc+169/192] kmem_cache_alloc [kernel] 0xa9 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: [<c012d1e9>] kmem_cache_alloc [kernel] 0xa9 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: [3c59x:__insmod_3c59x_O/lib/modules/2.4.9- 31/kernel/drivers/net/3c+-1493096/96] __insmod_ext3_S.te xt_L43056 [ext3] 0x6738 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: [<e0812798>] __insmod_ext3_S.text_L43056 [ext3] 0x6738 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: [real_lookup+79/192] real_lookup [kernel] 0x4f May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: [<c013fc7f>] real_lookup [kernel] 0x4f May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: [path_walk+1462/2064] path_walk [kernel] 0x5b6 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: [<c01403a6>] path_walk [kernel] 0x5b6 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: [__user_walk+58/96] __user_walk [kernel] 0x3a May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: [<c0140aca>] __user_walk [kernel] 0x3a May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: [vfs_lstat+20/80] vfs_lstat [kernel] 0x14 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: [<c013d434>] vfs_lstat [kernel] 0x14 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: [sys_lstat64+17/48] sys_lstat64 [kernel] 0x11 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: [<c013d9b1>] sys_lstat64 [kernel] 0x11 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: [system_call+51/56] system_call [kernel] 0x33 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: [<c0106f3b>] system_call [kernel] 0x33 May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: May 19 04:03:37 paaserver kernel: Code: 8b 44 81 18 0f af 7b 18 89 41 14 03 79 0c 40 75 25 8b 41 04 [Hardware] 1.7Ghz Pentium 4 512 Mb Memory 2 3-Com NIC cards 2 EIDE HDD Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: 1. Have system update some components via rhnd - do not reboot. 2. Wait till daily maintainence activity (logrotate, etc) 3. Users unable to login, system hung, at process level. Additional info: Concerned about patching this system, without rebooting...
This looks like the nvidia oops... are you using the nvidia driver ?
nope, ATI Raedon is the Graphics card. Lots of I/O via the two NICs, using Samba, sendmail/IMAP, Steltor Corp Time. This is a production server. Let me know if you need any more info - glad to try to help.
This happened this evening... Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------ Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: kernel BUG at page_alloc.c:85! Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: invalid operand: 0000 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: Kernel 2.4.9-34 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: CPU: 0 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: EIP: 0010:[__free_pages_ok+41/864] Not tainted Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: EIP: 0010:[<c012fae9>] Not tainted Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: EFLAGS: 00010286 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: EIP is at __free_pages_ok [kernel] 0x29 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: eax: 0000001f ebx: c18746a8 ecx: 00000001 edx: 00002558 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: esi: c18746a8 edi: 00016000 ebp: 00000000 esp: dc915dd8 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: Process python (pid: 24765, stackpage=dc915000) Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: Stack: c022e472 00000055 c1044010 c02b3304 00000206 ffffffff 00005abb c18746a8 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: c18746a8 00016000 00000000 c0130ba5 00000040 000d3340 00000000 deca42b8 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: c18746a8 00000000 c0124a66 c18746a8 00000001 dfd09000 00000000 40016000 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: Call Trace: [IRQ0x0f_interrupt+113106/138304] .rodata.str1.1 [kernel] 0x22ad Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: Call Trace: [<c022e472>] .rodata.str1.1 [kernel] 0x22ad Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [free_page_and_swap_cache+197/208] free_page_and_swap_cache [kernel] 0xc5 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [<c0130ba5>] free_page_and_swap_cache [kernel] 0xc5 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [zap_page_range+486/704] zap_page_range [kernel] 0x1e6 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [<c0124a66>] zap_page_range [kernel] 0x1e6 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [dput+28/368] dput [kernel] 0x1c Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [<c0147c0c>] dput [kernel] 0x1c Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [vmfree_area_pages+306/448] vmfree_area_pages [kernel] 0x132 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [<c012c292>] vmfree_area_pages [kernel] 0x132 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [fput+116/208] fput [kernel] 0x74 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [<c0137744>] fput [kernel] 0x74 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [exit_mmap+184/288] exit_mmap [kernel] 0xb8 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [<c01272e8>] exit_mmap [kernel] 0xb8 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [mmput+84/112] mmput [kernel] 0x54 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [<c0116484>] mmput [kernel] 0x54 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [do_exit+179/496] do_exit [kernel] 0xb3 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [<c011a4f3>] do_exit [kernel] 0xb3 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [dequeue_signal+109/176] dequeue_signal [kernel] 0x6d Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [<c011faad>] dequeue_signal [kernel] 0x6d Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [do_signal+564/672] do_signal [kernel] 0x234 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [<c0106de4>] do_signal [kernel] 0x234 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [old_mmap+237/304] old_mmap [kernel] 0xed Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [<c010b52d>] old_mmap [kernel] 0xed Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [old_mmap+277/304] old_mmap [kernel] 0x115 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [<c010b555>] old_mmap [kernel] 0x115 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [merge_anon_vmas+34/176] merge_anon_vmas [kernel] 0x22 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [<c0127522>] merge_anon_vmas [kernel] 0x22 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [filp_close+83/96] filp_close [kernel] 0x53 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [<c0136633>] filp_close [kernel] 0x53 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [do_page_fault+0/1168] do_page_fault [kernel] 0x0 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [<c0114470>] do_page_fault [kernel] 0x0 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [signal_return+20/24] signal_return [kernel] 0x14 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: [<c0106f7c>] signal_return [kernel] 0x14 Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: Jun 30 17:04:01 paaserver kernel: Code: 0f 0b 58 5a 8b 7b 08 85 ff 74 10 6a 57 68 72 e4 22 c0 e8 a0
I am having this problem also. Please help!
This is begining to be a more frequent issue, I wouldn't care so much, but the system in question is a production system. Here is the latest from this morning's hickup - again the kernel displays these messages and from that point on, users are unable to login, or create processes. However the kernel (priv code) seems to still operate. Any analysis or insite, on how to prevent this would be very helpful. This round below started during or right after the out-of-the-box anacron (daily) jobs. here you go: ul 13 02:08:35 paaserver dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.100.101 to 00:e0:29:75:91:3b via eth1 Jul 13 04:02:04 paaserver syslogd 1.4.1: restart. Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address eb3ef564 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: printing eip: Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: c012d212 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: *pde = 00000000 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: Oops: 0000 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: Kernel 2.4.9-34 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: CPU: 0 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: EIP: 0010:[kmem_cache_alloc+50/192] Not tainted Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: EIP: 0010:[<c012d212>] Not tainted Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: EFLAGS: 00010006 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: EIP is at kmem_cache_alloc [kernel] 0x32 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: eax: 456b4153 ebx: c1c861a0 ecx: d591f000 edx: 00000001 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: esi: 00000282 edi: 456b4153 ebp: dec4b400 esp: c1ae7df8 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: Process updatedb (pid: 6794, stackpage=c1ae7000) Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: Stack: c33a9f24 cd2cc5c0 00001f24 cd2cc5c0 c1c861a0 c1cdde30 c1cdde30 c0149e70 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: c1c861a0 000000f0 00000001 00000001 00000001 00000001 00000000 c1cdde30 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: 00038833 dec4b400 c014a1a2 dec4b400 00038833 c1cdde30 00000000 00000000 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: Call Trace: [get_new_inode+32/384] get_new_inode [kernel] 0x20 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: Call Trace: [<c0149e70>] get_new_inode [kernel] 0x20 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [iget4+210/224] iget4 [kernel] 0xd2 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c014a1a2>] iget4 [kernel] 0xd2 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [3c59x:__insmod_3c59x_O/lib/modules/2.4.9- 34/kernel/drivers/net/3c+-1493096/96] __insmod_ext3_S.te xt_L43056 [ext3] 0x6738 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<e0812798>] __insmod_ext3_S.text_L43056 [ext3] 0x6738 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [real_lookup+79/192] real_lookup [kernel] 0x4f Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c013ff1f>] real_lookup [kernel] 0x4f Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [path_walk+1462/2064] path_walk [kernel] 0x5b6 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c0140646>] path_walk [kernel] 0x5b6 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [__user_walk+58/96] __user_walk [kernel] 0x3a Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c0140d6a>] __user_walk [kernel] 0x3a Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [vfs_lstat+20/80] vfs_lstat [kernel] 0x14 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c013d6d4>] vfs_lstat [kernel] 0x14 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [sys_lstat64+17/48] sys_lstat64 [kernel] 0x11 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c013dc51>] sys_lstat64 [kernel] 0x11 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [do_page_fault+0/1168] do_page_fault [kernel] 0x0 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c0114470>] do_page_fault [kernel] 0x0 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [error_code+56/64] error_code [kernel] 0x38 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c0107038>] error_code [kernel] 0x38 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [system_call+51/56] system_call [kernel] 0x33 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c0106f3b>] system_call [kernel] 0x33 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: Code: 8b 44 81 18 0f af 7b 18 89 41 14 03 79 0c 40 75 25 8b 41 04 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: <1>Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address eb3ef564 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: printing eip: Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: c012d212 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: *pde = 00000000 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: Oops: 0000 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: Kernel 2.4.9-34 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: CPU: 0 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: EIP: 0010:[kmem_cache_alloc+50/192] Not tainted Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: EIP: 0010:[<c012d212>] Not tainted Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: EFLAGS: 00010002 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: EIP is at kmem_cache_alloc [kernel] 0x32 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: eax: 456b4153 ebx: c1c861a0 ecx: d591f000 edx: 00000001 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: esi: 00000282 edi: 456b4153 ebp: c1bdc400 esp: d3b5fdf8 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: Process run-parts (pid: 6446, stackpage=d3b5f000) Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: Stack: d6adf0fc cb15d800 000000fc cb15d800 c1c861a0 c1cda108 c1cda108 c0149e70 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: c1c861a0 000000f0 00000001 00000001 00000000 00000000 00000000 c1cda108 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: 000cb9cc c1bdc400 c014a1a2 c1bdc400 000cb9cc c1cda108 00000000 00000000 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: Call Trace: [get_new_inode+32/384] get_new_inode [kernel] 0x20 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: Call Trace: [<c0149e70>] get_new_inode [kernel] 0x20 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [iget4+210/224] iget4 [kernel] 0xd2 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c014a1a2>] iget4 [kernel] 0xd2 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [3c59x:__insmod_3c59x_O/lib/modules/2.4.9- 34/kernel/drivers/net/3c+-1493096/96] __insmod_ext3_S.te xt_L43056 [ext3] 0x6738 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<e0812798>] __insmod_ext3_S.text_L43056 [ext3] 0x6738 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [real_lookup+79/192] real_lookup [kernel] 0x4f Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c013ff1f>] real_lookup [kernel] 0x4f Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [path_walk+1462/2064] path_walk [kernel] 0x5b6 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c0140646>] path_walk [kernel] 0x5b6 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [handle_signal+125/256] handle_signal [kernel] 0x7d Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c0106b2d>] handle_signal [kernel] 0x7d Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [__user_walk+58/96] __user_walk [kernel] 0x3a Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c0140d6a>] __user_walk [kernel] 0x3a Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [vfs_stat+20/80] vfs_stat [kernel] 0x14 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c013d684>] vfs_stat [kernel] 0x14 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [sys_stat64+17/48] sys_stat64 [kernel] 0x11 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c013dc21>] sys_stat64 [kernel] 0x11 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [sys_sigreturn+185/240] sys_sigreturn [kernel] 0xb9 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c0106399>] sys_sigreturn [kernel] 0xb9 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [system_call+51/56] system_call [kernel] 0x33 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c0106f3b>] system_call [kernel] 0x33 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: Code: 8b 44 81 18 0f af 7b 18 89 41 14 03 79 0c 40 75 25 8b 41 04 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: <1>Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address eb3ef564 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: printing eip: Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: c012d212 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: *pde = 00000000 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: Oops: 0000 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: Kernel 2.4.9-34 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: CPU: 0 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: EIP: 0010:[kmem_cache_alloc+50/192] Not tainted Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: EIP: 0010:[<c012d212>] Not tainted Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: EFLAGS: 00010002 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: EIP is at kmem_cache_alloc [kernel] 0x32 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: eax: 456b4153 ebx: c1c861a0 ecx: d591f000 edx: 00000001 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: esi: 00000286 edi: 456b4153 ebp: c1c83400 esp: c7e59dc0 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: Process sendmail (pid: 6607, stackpage=c7e59000) Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: Stack: d5590540 de2b7840 000000f0 c7e58000 c1c861a0 c1ceede0 c1ceede0 c0149e70 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: c1c861a0 000000f0 c7e58000 00000000 00000000 00000001 00000000 c1ceede0 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: 00001000 c1c83400 c014a1a2 c1c83400 00001000 c1ceede0 00000000 00000000 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: Call Trace: [get_new_inode+32/384] get_new_inode [kernel] 0x20 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: Call Trace: [<c0149e70>] get_new_inode [kernel] 0x20 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [iget4+210/224] iget4 [kernel] 0xd2 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c014a1a2>] iget4 [kernel] 0xd2 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [proc_get_inode+64/256] proc_get_inode [kernel] 0x40 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c0152630>] proc_get_inode [kernel] 0x40 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [proc_lookup+162/192] proc_lookup [kernel] 0xa2 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c0154212>] proc_lookup [kernel] 0xa2 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [proc_root_lookup+42/80] proc_root_lookup [kernel] 0x2a Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c01527ca>] proc_root_lookup [kernel] 0x2a Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [real_lookup+79/192] real_lookup [kernel] 0x4f Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c013ff1f>] real_lookup [kernel] 0x4f Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [path_walk+1462/2064] path_walk [kernel] 0x5b6 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c0140646>] path_walk [kernel] 0x5b6 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [sys_connect+101/128] sys_connect [kernel] 0x65 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c01bcd35>] sys_connect [kernel] 0x65 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [open_namei+140/1488] open_namei [kernel] 0x8c Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c0140f0c>] open_namei [kernel] 0x8c Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [dentry_open+195/320] dentry_open [kernel] 0xc3 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c0136343>] dentry_open [kernel] 0xc3 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [filp_open+54/96] filp_open [kernel] 0x36 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c0136256>] filp_open [kernel] 0x36 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [getname+94/160] getname [kernel] 0x5e Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c013fc6e>] getname [kernel] 0x5e Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [sys_open+54/176] sys_open [kernel] 0x36 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c0136546>] sys_open [kernel] 0x36 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [system_call+51/56] system_call [kernel] 0x33 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: [<c0106f3b>] system_call [kernel] 0x33 Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: Jul 13 04:03:24 paaserver kernel: Code: 8b 44 81 18 0f af 7b 18 89 41 14 03 79 0c 40 75 25 8b 41 04 Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: <1>Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address eb3ef564 Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: printing eip: Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: c012d212 Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: *pde = 00000000 Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: Oops: 0000 Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: Kernel 2.4.9-34 Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: CPU: 0 Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: EIP: 0010:[kmem_cache_alloc+50/192] Not tainted Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: EIP: 0010:[<c012d212>] Not tainted Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: EFLAGS: 00010006 Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: EIP is at kmem_cache_alloc [kernel] 0x32 Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: eax: 456b4153 ebx: c1c861a0 ecx: d591f000 edx: 00000001 Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: esi: 00000286 edi: 456b4153 ebp: c248cf00 esp: ce94ff0c Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: Process crond (pid: 6797, stackpage=ce94f000) Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: Stack: dffd5e40 d3a1f2a0 40016b6c 00000001 c1c861a0 d5b6f180 bfffde18 c0149de2 Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: c1c861a0 000000f0 ce94e000 c013f856 ce94e000 c013f922 db465184 c0120aa7 Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: ffffffe9 ce94e558 00000000 ce94ff70 ce94ffa4 c0120e63 00000011 ce94ff90 Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: Call Trace: [get_empty_inode+18/128] get_empty_inode [kernel] 0x12 Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: Call Trace: [<c0149de2>] get_empty_inode [kernel] 0x12 Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: [get_pipe_inode+6/160] get_pipe_inode [kernel] 0x6 Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: [<c013f856>] get_pipe_inode [kernel] 0x6 Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: [do_pipe+50/608] do_pipe [kernel] 0x32 Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: [<c013f922>] do_pipe [kernel] 0x32 Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: [do_sigaction+183/240] do_sigaction [kernel] 0xb7 Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: [<c0120aa7>] do_sigaction [kernel] 0xb7 Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: [sys_rt_sigaction+147/240] sys_rt_sigaction [kernel] 0x93 Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: [<c0120e63>] sys_rt_sigaction [kernel] 0x93 Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: [sys_pipe+19/96] sys_pipe [kernel] 0x13 Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: [<c010b353>] sys_pipe [kernel] 0x13 Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: [system_call+51/56] system_call [kernel] 0x33 Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: [<c0106f3b>] system_call [kernel] 0x33 Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: Jul 13 04:04:00 paaserver kernel: Code: 8b 44 81 18 0f af 7b 18 89 41 14 03 79 0c 40 75 25 8b 41 04 Jul 13 07:38:43 paaserver syslogd 1.4.1: restart. Jul 13 07:38:43 paaserver syslog: syslogd startup succeeded Jul 13 07:38:43 paaserver kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started. Jul 13 07:38:43 paaserver kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.4.9-34 Jul 13 07:38:43 paaserver syslog: klogd startup succeeded Jul 13 07:38:43 paaserver kernel: Loaded 15177 symbols from /boot/System.map- 2.4.9-34. Jul 13 07:38:43 paaserver kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.4.9. Jul 13 07:38:43 paaserver kernel: Loaded 288 symbols from 11 modules. Jul 13 07:38:43 paaserver kernel: Linux version 2.4.9-34 (bhcompile.redhat.com) (gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.2 2.96-108.1)) #1 Sat Jun 1 06:25:16 EDT 2002
Could some one confirm, deny, or speculate if these oopps are (or could be) the result of a bad memory module? Not knowing enough about how to decode the footprints, if someone could take a look and provide a answer it would greatly help in the probable closure of this issue.
256Mb memory DIMM was found to be defective. System is fine with replacement DIMM.