Re: [Fwd: SMP/Zip/SCSI Lockups]

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 5 May 1999 00:59:59 +0100 (BST)


> Ok, so my cover's blown, I'm not a kernel hacker [g]. Here's my latest
> offer . . .

Grin#

>
> [<c01abce3>] c01abbe8 t ppa_completion
> [<co1b0378>] c01b0248 t aic7xxx_reset_current_bus
> [<c01ac2c5>] c01abf58 t ppa_engine
> [<c010aa65>] c010aa10 T handle_IRQ_event
> [<c01abeab>] c01abe80 t ppa_interrupt
> [<c0112852>] c01127f8 T tqueue_bh
> [<c0119b65>] c0119ae0 T do_bottom_half
> [<c0106000>] c0106000 T get_options
> [<c010abbd>] c010ab70 T do_IRQ
> [<c0108c9c>] c0108c9c T ret_from_intr
> [<c0106000>] c0106000 T get_options
> [<c0107347>] c010730c T cpu_idle
> [<c01075b7>] c0107594 T kernel_thread
>
> Well, I couldn't find any direct connection between ppa_completion (in
> ppa.c) and aic7xxx_reset_current_bus, so I guess I'll have to wait for
> further instructions.

That is quite reasonable. Things get left on the stack and the kernel
has to guess if they are relevant. The rest of the path looks quite
believable.

> really cannot pin it down to this particular problem:
>
> end SCSI request: buffer list destroyed

That is probably related. It means something truely horrid had happened
by the time the request completed - notably that it had been eaten

> Thanks again for assistance, the irony of backup lockups is getting
> _less_ funny with the passage of time, strangely enough.

Nod

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