Re: 2.0.pre31-2 + Werner patch of Aug 1: Bunch of Oopses.
Dr. Werner Fink (werner@suse.de)
Mon, 4 Aug 1997 22:02:49 +0200
>
> Philippe Strauss wrote:
> > This was while doing 'tar xzvf linux-2.0.27.tar.gz'. Uptime was
> > something around 5 hours. 64MB of Ram. 64MB of swap. P5 166, Debian 1.3.1
> > + updates, ncr53c8xx scsi driver.
> >
> > Aug 2 19:49:02 lili kernel: end_scsi_request: buffer-list destroyed
> > Aug 2 19:49:02 lili kernel: Oops: 0000
> > Aug 2 19:49:02 lili kernel: CPU: 0
> > Aug 2 19:49:02 lili kernel: EIP: 0010:[mark_buffer_uptodate+20/76]
> > Aug 2 19:49:02 lili kernel: EFLAGS: 00010012
>
> This looks like either a bug in the scsi driver, or else an undiscovered
> bug that's pulling a buffer out from under the driver. The patches
> you're using have fixes for all the known problems of the latter
> possibility, so we really should track this one down.
>
> Could you check whether you have all the latest fixes for your scsi
> driver, and whether there are any outstanding bug reports of this sort
> for the driver?
Hmmm ... 1.18i should be a stable one. If the hardware (setup, ram speed,
and cooling) is OK ...
Werner