From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.0) Gecko/20020605 Description of problem: Sometimes the machine suddently experiences a critical slowing down. Some commands cannot be launched any longer. Load increases steadily. If I kill the X server it does not come back. The only way to get the machine to a normal state is to reboot it. After that, I find oopses in /var/log/messages such as given in the additional information section. They seem to point at the VM and at the rmap patches.I have had many such crashes with kernel 2.4.18-4, but the frequency has somewhat lowered with 2.4.18-5. I thought the bug was cured until I experienced it again today. In fact, the first glitch occurred yesterday as the log shows. This killed the X server but everything else was normal until today I don't know if if is a hardware problem. Before this problem, the machine (Athlon XP1800/Asus A7V266-E/512 MB RAM) has run concurrently several intensive numerical simulations programs with a total virtual size of 750 MB for days without the slightest problem, so I believe the machine can stand the heat. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Didn't try Additional info: Jul 3 15:16:28 platon kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 2316857e Jul 3 15:16:28 platon kernel: printing eip: Jul 3 15:16:28 platon kernel: c0137b1c Jul 3 15:16:28 platon kernel: *pde = 00000000 Jul 3 15:16:28 platon kernel: Oops: 0000 Jul 3 15:16:28 platon kernel: sg nfs lockd sunrpc cmpci soundcore mga agpgart autofs via-rhine mii 3c59x ide Jul 3 15:16:28 platon kernel: CPU: 0 Jul 3 15:16:28 platon kernel: EIP: 0010:[<c0137b1c>] Not tainted Jul 3 15:16:28 platon kernel: EFLAGS: 00013206 Jul 3 15:16:28 platon kernel: Jul 3 15:16:28 platon kernel: EIP is at pte_chain_alloc [kernel] 0x1c (2.4.18-5) Jul 3 15:16:28 platon kernel: eax: 00000001 ebx: c02cfc24 ecx: c1000030 edx: 2316857e Jul 3 15:16:28 platon kernel: esi: d978229c edi: d978229c ebp: 00000025 esp: dacf5e50 Jul 3 15:16:30 platon kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Jul 3 15:16:30 platon kernel: Process X (pid: 1316, stackpage=dacf5000) Jul 3 15:16:31 platon kernel: Stack: c12303b0 c013776a c02cfc24 0a010067 c12303b0 c0127756 dacf4000 dacf4000 Jul 3 15:16:32 platon kernel: ffff037f ffff0020 d3521140 de6813c0 de6813c0 d3521140 c01277a3 de6813c0 Jul 3 15:16:32 platon gnome-name-server[4795]: input condition is: 0x11, exiting Jul 3 15:16:33 platon kernel: d3521140 d978229c 00000001 468a7000 c0107fca bffff570 bffff510 dacf4564 Jul 3 15:16:35 platon kernel: Call Trace: [<c013776a>] page_add_rmap [kernel] 0x3a Jul 3 15:16:36 platon kernel: [<c0127756>] do_anonymous_page [kernel] 0xf6 Jul 3 15:16:37 platon kernel: [<c01277a3>] do_no_page [kernel] 0x33 Jul 3 15:16:38 platon kernel: [<c0107fca>] setup_sigcontext [kernel] 0xda Jul 3 15:16:38 platon kernel: [<c01279ea>] handle_mm_fault [kernel] 0xca Jul 3 15:16:39 platon kernel: [<c010853d>] handle_signal [kernel] 0x7d Jul 3 15:16:40 platon kernel: [<c01155ca>] do_page_fault [kernel] 0x12a Jul 3 15:16:41 platon kernel: [<c0107cc5>] restore_sigcontext [kernel] 0x115 Jul 3 15:16:42 platon kernel: [<c0107da9>] sys_sigreturn [kernel] 0xb9 Jul 3 15:16:43 platon gdm(pam_unix)[1315]: session closed for user lefranc Jul 3 15:16:43 platon kernel: [<c01154a0>] do_page_fault [kernel] 0x0 Jul 3 15:16:45 platon kernel: [<c0108a04>] error_code [kernel] 0x34 Jul 3 15:16:46 platon kernel: Jul 3 15:16:46 platon kernel: Jul 3 15:16:47 platon kernel: Code: 8b 02 89 83 bc 00 00 00 c7 02 00 00 00 00 89 d0 5b c3 89 f6 Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 50622f37 Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: printing eip: Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: c0137b1c Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: *pde = 00000000 Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: Oops: 0000 Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: sg nfs lockd sunrpc cmpci soundcore mga agpgart autofs via-rhine mii 3c59x ide Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: CPU: 0 Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: EIP: 0010:[<c0137b1c>] Not tainted Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: EFLAGS: 00010202 Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: EIP is at pte_chain_alloc [kernel] 0x1c (2.4.18-5) Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: eax: 00000001 ebx: c02cfc24 ecx: c1000030 edx: 50622f37 Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: esi: cc83227c edi: cc83227c ebp: 00000025 esp: cd5d9e50 Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: Process emacs (pid: 13251, stackpage=cd5d9000) Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: Stack: c1645b10 c013776a c02cfc24 1cac4067 c1645b10 c0127756 00000286 00000286 Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: 00000001 d31d33c0 c3596940 d920a140 d920a140 c3596940 c01277a3 d920a140 Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: c3596940 cc83227c 00000001 08c9f006 00000282 00001000 0001bac4 00000282 Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: Call Trace: [<c013776a>] page_add_rmap [kernel] 0x3a Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: [<c0127756>] do_anonymous_page [kernel] 0xf6 Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: [<c01277a3>] do_no_page [kernel] 0x33 Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: [<c01279ea>] handle_mm_fault [kernel] 0xca Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: [<c01728ac>] pty_unthrottle [kernel] 0x3c Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: [<c01155ca>] do_page_fault [kernel] 0x12a Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: [<c016d1fc>] tty_read [kernel] 0xac Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: [<c01c6dcb>] kfree_skbmem [kernel] 0xb Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: [<c01c6f3a>] __kfree_skb [kernel] 0x11a Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: [<c01cace2>] net_tx_action [kernel] 0x52 Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: [<c011cdab>] do_softirq [kernel] 0x4b Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: [<c01154a0>] do_page_fault [kernel] 0x0 Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: [<c0108a04>] error_code [kernel] 0x34 Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: Jul 4 16:30:57 platon kernel: Code: 8b 02 89 83 bc 00 00 00 c7 02 00 00 00 00 89 d0 5b c3 89 f6
I just upgraded to 2.4.18-5 using rhn and I'm having the same error occur whenever I try to restart the X server or do a user logout from kde. After this occurs, I need to do a reboot (ctrl-alt-del works but ctrl-alt-backspace does not). When I boot on 2.4.18-3 kernel, I don't get this problem. Additional info: Jul 14 18:10:28 syzygy kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0100001b Jul 14 18:10:28 syzygy kernel: printing eip: Jul 14 18:10:28 syzygy kernel: c0128962 Jul 14 18:10:28 syzygy kernel: *pde = 00000000 Jul 14 18:10:28 syzygy kernel: Oops: 0000 Jul 14 18:10:28 syzygy kernel: i810 parport_pc agpgart lp parport autofs 3c59x ide-scsi scsi_mod ide-cd cdrom Jul 14 18:10:28 syzygy kernel: CPU: 0 Jul 14 18:10:28 syzygy kernel: EIP: 0010:[<c0128962>] Not tainted Jul 14 18:10:28 syzygy kernel: EFLAGS: 00013246 Jul 14 18:10:28 syzygy kernel: Jul 14 18:10:28 syzygy kernel: EIP is at unlock_page [kernel] 0x2 (2.4.18-5) Jul 14 18:10:28 syzygy kernel: eax: 01000000 ebx: c161eeb0 ecx: c161eeb0 edx: 00000000 Jul 14 18:10:28 syzygy kernel: esi: dbfb0000 edi: dec9f800 ebp: 00000000 esp: ddde1ee4 Jul 14 18:10:28 syzygy kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Jul 14 18:10:28 syzygy kernel: Process X (pid: 1094, stackpage=ddde1000) Jul 14 18:10:28 syzygy kernel: Stack: c161eeb0 dbfb0000 e09a2953 c161eeb0 ddb98160 ddb47000 e09a29af dec9f800 Jul 14 18:10:28 syzygy kernel: dbfb0000 00000000 bffffce0 ddde1f60 e09a2f0c dec9f800 dec9f800 00000002 Jul 14 18:10:28 syzygy kernel: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 Jul 14 18:10:28 syzygy kernel: Call Trace: [<e09a2953>] i810_free_page [i810] 0x33 Jul 14 18:10:28 syzygy kernel: [<e09a29af>] i810_dma_cleanup [i810] 0x3f Jul 14 18:10:28 syzygy kernel: [<e09a2f0c>] i810_dma_init [i810] 0xac Jul 14 18:10:28 syzygy kernel: [<e099e924>] i810_ioctl [i810] 0xe4 Jul 14 18:10:28 syzygy kernel: [<c0145c47>] sys_ioctl [kernel] 0x217 Jul 14 18:10:28 syzygy kernel: [<c0109e1c>] do_IRQ [kernel] 0x9c Jul 14 18:10:28 syzygy kernel: [<c0108913>] system_call [kernel] 0x33 Jul 14 18:10:28 syzygy kernel: Jul 14 18:10:28 syzygy kernel: Jul 14 18:10:28 syzygy kernel: Code: 0f b6 50 1b 8b 1c 95 2c 55 33 c0 89 c2 69 d2 01 00 37 9e 8b Jul 14 18:10:29 syzygy kdm[1126]: IO Error in XOpenDisplay Jul 14 18:10:29 syzygy kdm[1084]: Display :0 cannot be opened Jul 14 18:10:31 syzygy kdm[1128]: IO Error in XOpenDisplay Jul 14 18:10:31 syzygy kdm[1084]: Display :0 cannot be opened Jul 14 18:10:32 syzygy kdm[1130]: IO Error in XOpenDisplay Jul 14 18:10:32 syzygy kdm[1084]: Display :0 cannot be opened Jul 14 18:10:34 syzygy kdm[1132]: IO Error in XOpenDisplay Jul 14 18:10:34 syzygy kdm[1084]: Display :0 cannot be opened Jul 14 18:10:34 syzygy kdm[1084]: Display :0 is being disabled (restarting too fast) ... [additional duplicates of messages above are removed] ... Jul 14 18:12:08 syzygy init: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
cheyspam: that is a different bug and actually fixed in http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/testkernels
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