Bug 80121 – Kernel Oops VM

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Bug 80121 - Kernel Oops VM

Summary:	Kernel Oops VM

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.3
Hardware:	athlon Linux

Priority	medium Severity high
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Assigned To:	Arjan van de Ven
QA Contact:	Brian Brock
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Reported:	2002-12-20 03:21 EST by Christopher Kuske
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:49 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2004-09-30 11:40:18 EDT
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Description Christopher Kuske 2002-12-20 03:21:24 EST

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User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 
1.0.3705)

Description of problem:
Running the 2.4.18-5 kernel on a 950 MHz Athlon with 1GB of RAM running 
Tomcat, Apache, Sendmail, and MySQL, I encountered a kernel panic while 
running 'apt-get update' then 'apt-get upgrade', using the apt-rpm packages.  
The download was completed, and while running the rpm -U command, a 
Segmentation Fault occurred.

I tried one more time, and the computer completely froze, and did not respond 
on any ports, or through pinging.  I did not have keyboard access at the time.

About 350MB of memory was cached, and about 6MB of swap used.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Ran a production server with all updates, with 45 day uptime.
    

Actual Results:  A hard lockup of the system.

Expected Results:  No panics

Additional info: oops from kernel:

Dec 19 11:55:30 buster kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer 
dereference at virtual address 00000002
Dec 19 11:55:30 buster kernel:  printing eip:
Dec 19 11:55:30 buster kernel: c012f34c
Dec 19 11:55:30 buster kernel: *pde = 00000000
Dec 19 11:55:30 buster kernel: Oops: 0002
Dec 19 11:55:30 buster kernel: loop 8139too mii ide-cd cdrom usb-uhci usbcore 
ext3 jbd  
Dec 19 11:55:30 buster kernel: CPU:    0
Dec 19 11:55:30 buster kernel: EIP:    0010:[<c012f34c>]    Not tainted
Dec 19 11:55:30 buster kernel: EFLAGS: 00010083
Dec 19 11:55:30 buster kernel: 
Dec 19 11:55:30 buster kernel: EIP is at __kmem_cache_shrink_locked [kernel] 
0x1c (2.4.18-5)
Dec 19 11:55:30 buster kernel: eax: f7fd0140   ebx: f7fd0130   ecx: df263020   
edx: 00000002
Dec 19 11:55:30 buster kernel: esi: 00000e99   edi: 00000000   ebp: 000000fd   
esp: f7fcdf94
Dec 19 11:55:30 buster kernel: ds: 0018   es: 0018   ss: 0018
Dec 19 11:55:30 buster kernel: Process kswapd (pid: 5, stackpage=f7fcd000)
Dec 19 11:55:30 buster kernel: Stack: f7fd0130 00000425 c012f3e4 f7fd0130 
000001d0 c0131d6c f7fd0130 000001d0 
Dec 19 11:55:30 buster kernel:        000001d0 f7fcc000 00000000 00000000 
00000000 c02cfb40 0000022a 00000100 
Dec 19 11:55:30 buster kernel:        c0132061 000001d0 00000000 00010f00 
f7ffffb8 c0105000 0008e000 c0107136 
Dec 19 11:55:30 buster kernel: Call Trace: [<c012f3e4>] kmem_cache_shrink 
[kernel] 0x34 
Dec 19 11:55:30 buster kernel: [<c0131d6c>] do_try_to_free_pages [kernel] 0x1c 
Dec 19 11:55:30 buster kernel: [<c0132061>] kswapd [kernel] 0x101 
Dec 19 11:55:30 buster kernel: [<c0105000>] stext [kernel] 0x0 
Dec 19 11:55:30 buster kernel: [<c0107136>] kernel_thread [kernel] 0x26 
Dec 19 11:55:30 buster kernel: [<c0131f60>] kswapd [kernel] 0x0 
Dec 19 11:55:30 buster kernel: 
Dec 19 11:55:30 buster kernel: 
Dec 19 11:55:30 buster kernel: Code: 89 02 fb 51 46 53 e8 79 fb ff ff 5a 59 fa 
8b 43 40 85 c0 75 
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel:  <1>Unable to handle kernel paging request at 
virtual address 636f6c6c
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel:  printing eip:
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel: c014baf4
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel: *pde = 00000000
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel: Oops: 0000
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel: loop 8139too mii ide-cd cdrom usb-uhci usbcore 
ext3 jbd  
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel: CPU:    0
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel: EIP:    0010:[<c014baf4>]    Not tainted
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel: EFLAGS: 00010207
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel: 
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel: EIP is at d_lookup [kernel] 0x64 (2.4.18-5)
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel: eax: f7e00000   ebx: 636f6c5c   ecx: 00000011   
edx: 002874cd
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel: esi: c4ce6440   edi: 0001ffff   ebp: 636f6c6c   
esp: ed2e1e90
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel: ds: 0018   es: 0018   ss: 0018
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel: Process rpm (pid: 10656, stackpage=ed2e1000)
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel: Stack: f7ed21f8 dfe55020 002874cd 00000003 
dfe55020 c4ce6440 ed2e1f48 ed2e1f00 
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel:        c0143010 e3cc45c0 ed2e1f00 dfe55020 
c0143873 e3cc45c0 ed2e1f00 00000000 
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel:        00000009 00000000 dfe55023 00000000 
00000000 00000000 d3d540c0 00000246 
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel: Call Trace: [<c0143010>] cached_lookup [kernel] 
0x10 
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel: [<c0143873>] link_path_walk [kernel] 0x663 
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel: [<c0127ce5>] vm_enough_memory [kernel] 0x35 
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel: [<c0142dee>] getname [kernel] 0x5e 
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel: [<c0143dcb>] path_lookup [kernel] 0x1b 
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel: [<c0144024>] __user_walk [kernel] 0x24 
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel: [<c0140757>] vfs_stat [kernel] 0x17 
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel: [<c0140d01>] sys_stat64 [kernel] 0x11 
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel: [<c0127eb5>] sys_brk [kernel] 0xc5 
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel: [<c01154a0>] do_page_fault [kernel] 0x0 
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel: [<c0108a04>] error_code [kernel] 0x34 
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel: [<c0108913>] system_call [kernel] 0x33 
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel: 
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel: 
Dec 19 11:56:05 buster kernel: Code: 8b 6d 00 39 53 44 0f 85 80 00 00 00 8b 44 
24 24 39 43 0c 75 
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel:  <1>Unable to handle kernel paging request at 
virtual address 636f6c6c
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel:  printing eip:
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel: c014baf4
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel: *pde = 00000000
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel: Oops: 0000
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel: loop 8139too mii ide-cd cdrom usb-uhci usbcore 
ext3 jbd  
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel: CPU:    0
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel: EIP:    0010:[<c014baf4>]    Not tainted
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel: EFLAGS: 00010207
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel: 
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel: EIP is at d_lookup [kernel] 0x64 (2.4.18-5)
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel: eax: f7e00000   ebx: 636f6c5c   ecx: 00000011   
edx: 002874cd
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel: esi: c4ce6440   edi: 0001ffff   ebp: 636f6c6c   
esp: ed2e1e90
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel: ds: 0018   es: 0018   ss: 0018
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel: Process rpm (pid: 10658, stackpage=ed2e1000)
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel: Stack: f7ed21f8 ec883020 002874cd 00000003 
ec883020 c4ce6440 ed2e1f48 ed2e1f00 
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel:        c0143010 e3cc45c0 ed2e1f00 ec883020 
c0143873 e3cc45c0 ed2e1f00 00000000 
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel:        00000009 00000000 ec883023 00000000 
00000000 00000000 d3d540c0 00000246 
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel: Call Trace: [<c0143010>] cached_lookup [kernel] 
0x10 
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel: [<c0143873>] link_path_walk [kernel] 0x663 
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel: [<c0127ce5>] vm_enough_memory [kernel] 0x35 
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel: [<c0142dee>] getname [kernel] 0x5e 
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel: [<c0143dcb>] path_lookup [kernel] 0x1b 
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel: [<c0144024>] __user_walk [kernel] 0x24 
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel: [<c0140757>] vfs_stat [kernel] 0x17 
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel: [<c0140d01>] sys_stat64 [kernel] 0x11 
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel: [<c0127eb5>] sys_brk [kernel] 0xc5 
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel: [<c01154a0>] do_page_fault [kernel] 0x0 
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel: [<c0108a04>] error_code [kernel] 0x34 
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel: [<c0108913>] system_call [kernel] 0x33 
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel: 
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel: 
Dec 19 11:56:19 buster kernel: Code: 8b 6d 00 39 53 44 0f 85 80 00 00 00 8b 44 
24 24 39 43 0c 75 
Dec 19 11:58:02 buster kernel:  <1>Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer 
dereference at virtual address 0000001e
Dec 19 11:58:02 buster kernel:  printing eip:
Dec 19 11:58:02 buster kernel: c014baf4
Dec 19 11:58:02 buster kernel: *pde = 00000000
Dec 19 11:58:02 buster kernel: Oops: 0000
Dec 19 11:58:02 buster kernel: loop 8139too mii ide-cd cdrom usb-uhci usbcore 
ext3 jbd  
Dec 19 11:58:02 buster kernel: CPU:    0
Dec 19 11:58:02 buster kernel: EIP:    0010:[<c014baf4>]    Not tainted
Dec 19 11:58:02 buster kernel: EFLAGS: 00010203
Dec 19 11:58:02 buster kernel: 
Dec 19 11:58:02 buster kernel: EIP is at d_lookup [kernel] 0x64 (2.4.18-5)
Dec 19 11:58:02 buster kernel: eax: f7e00000   ebx: 0000000e   ecx: 00000011   
edx: 9bf0220d
Dec 19 11:58:02 buster kernel: esi: df63a2c0   edi: 0001ffff   ebp: 0000001e   
esp: c3473ed8
Dec 19 11:58:02 buster kernel: ds: 0018   es: 0018   ss: 0018
Dec 19 11:58:02 buster kernel: Process rpmd (pid: 10661, stackpage=c3473000)
Dec 19 11:58:02 buster kernel: Stack: f7eff970 d69a801c 9bf0220d 0000000e 
00000000 df63a2c0 dac9d7c0 c3473f8c 
Dec 19 11:58:02 buster kernel:        c0143010 df63a2c0 c3473f8c 00000000 
c0143f42 df63a2c0 c3473f8c 00000000 
Dec 19 11:58:02 buster kernel:        df63a2c0 df63a2c0 000080c3 c3473f84 
c0144217 c3473f8c df63a2c0 00000000 
Dec 19 11:58:02 buster kernel: Call Trace: [<c0143010>] cached_lookup [kernel] 
0x10 
Dec 19 11:58:02 buster kernel: [<c0143f42>] lookup_hash [kernel] 0x42 
Dec 19 11:58:02 buster kernel: [<c0144217>] open_namei [kernel] 0xe7 
Dec 19 11:58:02 buster kernel: [<c0129169>] do_brk [kernel] 0x249 
Dec 19 11:58:02 buster kernel: [<c01397d6>] filp_open [kernel] 0x36 
Dec 19 11:58:02 buster kernel: [<c0139b14>] sys_open [kernel] 0x34 
Dec 19 11:58:02 buster kernel: [<c0108913>] system_call [kernel] 0x33 
Dec 19 11:58:02 buster kernel: 
Dec 19 11:58:02 buster kernel: 
Dec 19 11:58:02 buster kernel: Code: 8b 6d 00 39 53 44 0f 85 80 00 00 00 8b 44 
24 24 39 43 0c 75

Comment 1 acount closed by user 2003-03-01 15:46:17 EST

could be a hardware problem?
does the system pass hardware test like memtes86 http://www.memtest86.com/ or
cpuburn http://users.ev1.net/~redelm ?

Comment 2 Bugzilla owner 2004-09-30 11:40:18 EDT

Thanks for the bug report. However, Red Hat no longer maintains this version of
the product. Please upgrade to the latest version and open a new bug if the problem
persists.

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