Linux 2.6.10-ac8 oops in cache_alloc_refill

From: Sami Farin
Date: Sun Jan 09 2005 - 19:46:12 EST


2.6.9 (patched to death) worked nicely for the last 15 days,
then I thought I could try if VM+USB had improved in 2.6.10.
I did basically "make oldconfig" and added a couple of patches...
(akpm-vmscan-update-total_scanned, ipt_ECN fix, readpage-vs-invalidate_fix,
invalidate_inode_pages2_mmap_coherency, exec-shield from Fedora,
vmscan-count_writeback_pages_in_nr_scanned, various cond_resched fixes by Ingo,
sched fixes/tunings from yesterday's bk, perfctr-2.7.8).

Linux safari.finland.fbi 2.6.10-ac8 #8 Mon Jan 10 00:23:40 EET 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Gnu C 3.4.3
Gnu make 3.80
binutils 2.15.92.0.2
util-linux 2.12
mount 2.12
module-init-tools 3.1-pre5
e2fsprogs 1.35
jfsutils 1.1.7
reiserfsprogs 3.6.19
reiser4progs line
xfsprogs 2.3.9
pcmcia-cs 3.2.7
quota-tools 3.12.
PPP 2.4.2
nfs-utils 1.0.6
Linux C Library 2.3.3
Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.3.3
Procps 3.2.4
Net-tools 1.60
Kbd 1.12
Sh-utils 5.2.1

This is Celeron UP, no preempt, 8k stacks,
and memtest runs without errors, I don't get MCEs
and microcode is updated to the latest one.
http://safari.iki.fi/config-2.6.10-ac8.txt
http://safari.iki.fi/lspci-2.6.10-ac8.txt

I am now running kernel with CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB=y and I also
applied linux-2.6.10-periodic-slab-debug.patch, hopefully
it catches something.

Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 1400000c
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: printing eip:
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: c01441b3
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: *pde = 00000000
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: Oops: 0002 [#1]
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: Modules linked in: nls_iso8859_1 nls_cp437 vfat
fat ipt_multiport ohci_hcd binfmt_misc sch_hfsc sch_htb sch_sfq cls_fw cls_u32
cls_route sch_ingress sch_red sch_tbf sch_teql sch_prio sch_gred cls_rsvp
cls_rsvp6 cls_tcindex sch_cbq sch_dsmark xfs loop snd_seq_oss
snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq lp parport_pc parport tuner tvaudio w83781d msp3400
bttv i2c_sensor video_buf i2c_algo_bit i2c_piix4 v4l2_common btcx_risc
videodev i2c_core ipt_owner usb_storage ipt_length ipt_connlimit ipt_TARPIT
dm_mod ipt_ECN uhci_hcd snd_ens1371 snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss ipt_REJECT snd_mixer_oss ip6t_LOG ipt_LOG ipt_limit snd_pcm
ipt_state ip6table_mangle ip6table_filter snd_timer ip6_tables snd soundcore
iptable_filter iptable_mangle iptable_nat ip_conntrack snd_page_alloc
ip_tables gameport irlan irda crc_ccitt 8139too mii floppy
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: CPU: 0
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: EIP: 0060:[<c01441b3>] Not tainted VLI
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: EFLAGS: 00010012 (2.6.10-ac8)
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: EIP is at cache_alloc_refill+0xe3/0x200
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: eax: 14000008 ebx: cfc9e480 ecx: c7195000 edx: c13148ec
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: esi: 00000002 edi: c13148ec ebp: cd137ce0 esp: cd137cb8
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: Process squid (pid: 27369, threadinfo=cd136000 task=cdbb89e0)
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: Stack: 00000003 00000000 00000000 c9edf018 cfc9e490 c13148ec c13148f4 00000282
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: 000000d0 c13148e0 cd137cfc c01444d8 c13148e0 000000d0 ce1bf800 c01ac080
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: cd137d68 cd137d0c c01ac09c c13148e0 000000d0 cd137d28 c0171d1e ce1bf800
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: Call Trace:
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: [<c0103edf>] show_stack+0x7f/0xa0
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: [<c0104076>] show_registers+0x156/0x1d0
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: [<c0104278>] die+0xc8/0x150
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: [<c0115b12>] do_page_fault+0x4a2/0x6d9
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: [<c0103b7f>] error_code+0x2b/0x30
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: [<c01444d8>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x68/0x70
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: [<c01ac09c>] reiserfs_alloc_inode+0x1c/0x30
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: [<c0171d1e>] alloc_inode+0x1e/0x1a0
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: [<c017285d>] get_new_inode+0x1d/0x120
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: [<c01a1385>] reiserfs_iget+0x45/0xc0
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: [<c019bafc>] reiserfs_lookup+0xec/0x160
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: [<c016624c>] real_lookup+0xcc/0xf0
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: [<c01664bc>] do_lookup+0x8c/0xa0
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: [<c0166b8d>] link_path_walk+0x6bd/0xcf0
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: [<c0167418>] path_lookup+0x78/0x170
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: [<c0167cfe>] open_namei+0x8e/0x680
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: [<c015829a>] filp_open+0x3a/0x60
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: [<c0158636>] sys_open+0x46/0xa0
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: [<c0103123>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
Jan 9 22:52:00 safari kernel: Code: ff 03 8b 51 10 0f b7 41 14 42 89 51 10 8b 7d e4 0f b7 04 47 66 89 41 14 8b 45 08 3b 50 3c 73 06 4e 83 fe ff 75 c2 8b 51 04 8b 01 <89> 50 04 89 02 66 83 79 14 ff c7 01 00 01 10 00 c7 41 04 00 02



Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: <1>Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 1400000c
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: printing eip:
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: c01441b3
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: *pde = 00000000
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: Oops: 0002 [#4]
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: Modules linked in: x
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: CPU: 0
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: EIP: 0060:[<c01441b3>] Not tainted VLI
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: EFLAGS: 00010012 (2.6.10-ac8)
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: EIP is at cache_alloc_refill+0xe3/0x200
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: eax: 14000008 ebx: cfc9e480 ecx: c7195000 edx: c13148ec
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: esi: 00000010 edi: c13148ec ebp: ccdc9e28 esp: ccdc9e00
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: Process qmail-queue (pid: 2054, threadinfo=ccdc8000 task=ca4700a0)
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: Stack: c059ab04 ccdc9e30 ccdc9e94 00000000 cfc9e490 c13148ec c13148f4 00000286
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: 000000d0 c13148e0 ccdc9e44 c01444d8 c13148e0 000000d0 00000003 c01ac080
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: cb2aebfc ccdc9e54 c01ac09c c13148e0 000000d0 ccdc9e70 c0171d1e ce1bfa00
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: Call Trace:
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: [<c0103edf>] show_stack+0x7f/0xa0
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: [<c0104076>] show_registers+0x156/0x1d0
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: [<c0104278>] die+0xc8/0x150
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: [<c0115b12>] do_page_fault+0x4a2/0x6d9
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: [<c0103b7f>] error_code+0x2b/0x30
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: [<c01444d8>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x68/0x70
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: [<c01ac09c>] reiserfs_alloc_inode+0x1c/0x30
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: [<c0171d1e>] alloc_inode+0x1e/0x1a0
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: [<c01727da>] new_inode+0x1a/0x60
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: [<c019c280>] reiserfs_create+0x20/0x280
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: [<c016795f>] vfs_create+0xcf/0x140
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: [<c0167d51>] open_namei+0xe1/0x680
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: [<c015829a>] filp_open+0x3a/0x60
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: [<c0158636>] sys_open+0x46/0xa0
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: [<c0103123>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
Jan 9 22:53:56 safari kernel: Code: ff 03 8b 51 10 0f b7 41 14 42 89 51 10 8b 7d e4 0f b7 04 47 66 89 41 14 8b 45 08 3b 50 3c 73 06 4e 83 fe ff 75 c2 8b 51 04 8b 01 <89> 50 04 89 02 66 83 79 14 ff c7 01 00 01 10 00 c7 41 04 00 02



Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: <3>Debug: sleeping function called from invalid context at mm/rmap.c:86
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: in_atomic():0, irqs_disabled():1
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c0103f1e>] dump_stack+0x1e/0x20
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c011ba45>] __might_sleep+0x95/0xb0
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c014f127>] anon_vma_prepare+0x27/0xa0
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c014cf04>] expand_stack+0x14/0x110
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c01157ee>] do_page_fault+0x17e/0x6d9
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c0103b7f>] error_code+0x2b/0x30
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c01444d8>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x68/0x70
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c01ac09c>] reiserfs_alloc_inode+0x1c/0x30
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c0171d1e>] alloc_inode+0x1e/0x1a0
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c017285d>] get_new_inode+0x1d/0x120
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c01a1385>] reiserfs_iget+0x45/0xc0
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c019bafc>] reiserfs_lookup+0xec/0x160
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c016624c>] real_lookup+0xcc/0xf0
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c01664bc>] do_lookup+0x8c/0xa0
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c0166b8d>] link_path_walk+0x6bd/0xcf0
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c0167418>] path_lookup+0x78/0x170
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c0167cfe>] open_namei+0x8e/0x680
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c015829a>] filp_open+0x3a/0x60
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c0158636>] sys_open+0x46/0xa0
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c0103123>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 1400000c
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: printing eip:
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: c01441b3
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: *pde = 00000000
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: Oops: 0002 [#8]
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: Modules linked in: x
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: CPU: 0
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: EIP: 0060:[<c01441b3>] Not tainted VLI
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: EFLAGS: 00010012 (2.6.10-ac8)
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: EIP is at cache_alloc_refill+0xe3/0x200
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: eax: 14000008 ebx: cfc9e480 ecx: c7195000 edx: c13148ec
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: esi: 00000010 edi: c13148ec ebp: cbe6bce0 esp: cbe6bcb8
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: Process screen (pid: 12991, threadinfo=cbe6a000 task=c3434040)
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: Stack: 000000a9 000000c8 00000177 c85a2f18 cfc9e490 c13148ec c13148f4 00000282
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: 000000d0 c13148e0 cbe6bcfc c01444d8 c13148e0 000000d0 ce1bfa00 c01ac080
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: cbe6bd68 cbe6bd0c c01ac09c c13148e0 000000d0 cbe6bd28 c0171d1e ce1bfa00
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: Call Trace:
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c0103edf>] show_stack+0x7f/0xa0
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c0104076>] show_registers+0x156/0x1d0
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c0104278>] die+0xc8/0x150
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c0115b12>] do_page_fault+0x4a2/0x6d9
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c0103b7f>] error_code+0x2b/0x30
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c01444d8>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x68/0x70
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c01ac09c>] reiserfs_alloc_inode+0x1c/0x30
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c0171d1e>] alloc_inode+0x1e/0x1a0
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c017285d>] get_new_inode+0x1d/0x120
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c01a1385>] reiserfs_iget+0x45/0xc0
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c019bafc>] reiserfs_lookup+0xec/0x160
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c016624c>] real_lookup+0xcc/0xf0
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c01664bc>] do_lookup+0x8c/0xa0
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c0166b8d>] link_path_walk+0x6bd/0xcf0
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c0167418>] path_lookup+0x78/0x170
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c0167cfe>] open_namei+0x8e/0x680
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c015829a>] filp_open+0x3a/0x60
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c0158636>] sys_open+0x46/0xa0
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: [<c0103123>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
Jan 9 23:00:52 safari kernel: Code: ff 03 8b 51 10 0f b7 41 14 42 89 51 10 8b 7d e4 0f b7 04 47 66 89 41 14 8b 45 08 3b 50 3c 73 06 4e 83 fe ff 75 c2 8b 51 04 8b 01 <89> 50 04 89 02 66 83 79 14 ff c7 01 00 01 10 00 c7 41 04 00 02

dozens of similar traces not included here...

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