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Description of problem: kernel seems to randomly crash when transmission is running. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): transmission-gtk 2.22 (12099) kernel 2.6.38.8-35.fc15.x86_64 How reproducible: If transmission is running non-stop, it usually takes about one or two days before the kernel crashes. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start transmission-gtk 2. wait a day or two 3. Actual results: Linux kernel crashes Expected results: No crash Additional info: Backtrace: BUG: Bad page state in process transmission-gt pfn:117fe0 page:ffffea0003d3f900 count:0 mapcount:0 mapping:ff00000000000000 index:0x31d9 page flags: 0x40000000000000() Pid: 28974, comm: transmission-gt Tainted: P 2.6.38.8-35.fc15.x86_64 #1 Call Trace: [<ffffffff810dd905>] ? dump_page+0xbe/0xc3 [<ffffffff810dd9f9>] bad_page+0xef/0x104 [<ffffffff810de7e4>] get_page_from_freelist+0x3f6/0x64b [<ffffffff810deb86>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x14d/0x77f [<ffffffff8111a0cf>] ? fatal_signal_pending+0x12/0x29 [<ffffffff8111c7b6>] ? __mem_cgroup_try_charge+0x111/0x480 [<ffffffff8111de3c>] ? lookup_page_cgroup+0x32/0x48 [<ffffffff8111d003>] ? mem_cgroup_charge_common+0xa3/0xb5 [<ffffffff810ecabe>] ? zone_page_state_add+0x2f/0x34 [<ffffffff8110a321>] alloc_pages_vma+0xf5/0xfa [<ffffffff810f3e4b>] handle_pte_fault+0x16f/0x7a5 [<ffffffff8147252e>] ? __slab_free+0x27/0xeb [<ffffffff811ed56b>] ? selinux_inode_free_security+0x67/0x70 [<ffffffff810f13cf>] ? pmd_offset+0x19/0x3f [<ffffffff810f47f8>] handle_mm_fault+0x1bb/0x1ce [<ffffffff8147b9b0>] do_page_fault+0x358/0x37a [<ffffffff81042cca>] ? set_next_entity+0x46/0x99 [<ffffffff8100885c>] ? __switch_to+0x20e/0x220 [<ffffffff81137698>] ? cpumask_next+0x1e/0x20 [<ffffffff81045d57>] ? finish_task_switch+0x89/0xb4 [<ffffffff81476dce>] ? schedule+0x653/0x66a [<ffffffff81478c55>] page_fault+0x25/0x30
Reassigning to kernel
Closing bug because it was likely a hardware problem. I was getting paging errors once or twice a day. I ran a memory test, which showed errors. Changing the settings in the BIOS seems to elevated the problem. No crashes for over a week now.