With 2.6.35.2 (and 2.6.34.4), I'm getting random errors like the following
when heavily loading a dual-core x86 system (Celeron E3300).
Reverting to 2.6.33.7 (with the same kernel configuration) works fine and
the system is very stable.
Here are the kernel bugs reported through syslog:
[ 1251.253401] BUG: scheduling while atomic: make/2887/0x10000001
[ 1251.253406] Modules linked in: binfmt_misc ppdev acpi_cpufreq mperf fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor snd_hda_codec_realtek i915 snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep drm_kms_helper snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm drm snd_seq_dummy joydev usbhid psmouse i2c_algo_bit cfbcopyarea serio_raw snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi hid snd_rawmidi video output cfbimgblt intel_agp cfbfillrect r8169 agpgart snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq mii lp snd_timer snd_seq_device snd soundcore snd_page_alloc asus_atk0110 parport
[ 1251.253444] Pid: 2887, comm: make Not tainted 2.6.35.2 #1
[ 1251.253446] Call Trace:
[ 1251.253453] [<c0134fae>] __schedule_bug+0x5e/0x70
[ 1251.253457] [<c0563437>] schedule+0x727/0x770
[ 1251.253462] [<c01c885d>] ? __alloc_pages_nodemask+0xed/0x600
[ 1251.253465] [<c0563582>] _cond_resched+0x32/0x50
[ 1251.253470] [<c01e2b8e>] anon_vma_prepare+0x1e/0x110
[ 1251.253473] [<c01deaed>] expand_downwards+0x1d/0x160
[ 1251.253476] [<c0128f7b>] ? pte_alloc_one+0x3b/0x50
[ 1251.253479] [<c01dec3d>] expand_stack+0xd/0x10
[ 1251.253481] [<c01dca8f>] handle_mm_fault+0xa2f/0xa90
[ 1251.253484] [<c01d9255>] ? follow_page+0x65/0x2a0
[ 1251.253487] [<c01dcbf6>] __get_user_pages+0x106/0x3d0
[ 1251.253490] [<c01dcf60>] get_user_pages+0x50/0x60
[ 1251.253493] [<c02042c2>] get_arg_page+0x52/0xb0
[ 1251.253497] [<c033714b>] ? strnlen_user+0x2b/0x60
[ 1251.253499] [<c02043f7>] copy_strings+0xd7/0x190
[ 1251.253502] [<c02044d9>] copy_strings_kernel+0x29/0x40
[ 1251.253505] [<c0205e4a>] do_execve+0x19a/0x2c0
[ 1251.253507] [<c033727a>] ? strncpy_from_user+0x3a/0x70
[ 1251.253511] [<c0109c17>] sys_execve+0x37/0x70
[ 1251.253514] [<c01030e2>] ptregs_execve+0x12/0x20
[ 1251.253516] [<c0103017>] ? sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x22
[ 1251.427545] BUG: scheduling while atomic: make/2998/0x10000001
[ 1251.427549] Modules linked in: binfmt_misc ppdev acpi_cpufreq mperf fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor snd_hda_codec_realtek i915 snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep drm_kms_helper snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm drm snd_seq_dummy joydev usbhid psmouse i2c_algo_bit cfbcopyarea serio_raw snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi hid snd_rawmidi video output cfbimgblt intel_agp cfbfillrect r8169 agpgart snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq mii lp snd_timer snd_seq_device snd soundcore snd_page_alloc asus_atk0110 parport
[ 1251.427585] Pid: 2998, comm: make Not tainted 2.6.35.2 #1
[ 1251.427587] Call Trace:
[ 1251.427594] [<c0134fae>] __schedule_bug+0x5e/0x70
[ 1251.427599] [<c0563437>] schedule+0x727/0x770
[ 1251.427603] [<c01c885d>] ? __alloc_pages_nodemask+0xed/0x600
[ 1251.427606] [<c0563582>] _cond_resched+0x32/0x50
[ 1251.427610] [<c01e2b8e>] anon_vma_prepare+0x1e/0x110
[ 1251.427613] [<c01deaed>] expand_downwards+0x1d/0x160
[ 1251.427616] [<c0128f7b>] ? pte_alloc_one+0x3b/0x50
[ 1251.427619] [<c01dec3d>] expand_stack+0xd/0x10
[ 1251.427621] [<c01dca8f>] handle_mm_fault+0xa2f/0xa90
[ 1251.427624] [<c01d9255>] ? follow_page+0x65/0x2a0
[ 1251.427627] [<c01dcbf6>] __get_user_pages+0x106/0x3d0
[ 1251.427630] [<c01dcf60>] get_user_pages+0x50/0x60
[ 1251.427633] [<c02042c2>] get_arg_page+0x52/0xb0
[ 1251.427637] [<c033714b>] ? strnlen_user+0x2b/0x60
[ 1251.427639] [<c02043f7>] copy_strings+0xd7/0x190
[ 1251.427642] [<c02044d9>] copy_strings_kernel+0x29/0x40
[ 1251.427645] [<c0205e4a>] do_execve+0x19a/0x2c0
[ 1251.427647] [<c033727a>] ? strncpy_from_user+0x3a/0x70
[ 1251.427651] [<c0109c17>] sys_execve+0x37/0x70
[ 1251.427653] [<c01030e2>] ptregs_execve+0x12/0x20
[ 1251.427656] [<c0103017>] ? sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x22
[ 1251.427676] ------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at arch/x86/mm/highmem_32.c:45!
[ 1251.427680] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP
[ 1251.427683] last sysfs file: /sys/devices/virtual/block/md0/stat
[ 1251.427685] Modules linked in: binfmt_misc ppdev acpi_cpufreq mperf fbcon tileblit font bitblit softcursor snd_hda_codec_realtek i915 snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep drm_kms_helper snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm drm snd_seq_dummy joydev usbhid psmouse i2c_algo_bit cfbcopyarea serio_raw snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi hid snd_rawmidi video output cfbimgblt intel_agp cfbfillrect r8169 agpgart snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq mii lp snd_timer snd_seq_device snd soundcore snd_page_alloc asus_atk0110 parport
[ 1251.427713]
[ 1251.427715] Pid: 3000, comm: sh Not tainted 2.6.35.2 #1 P5KPL-AM SE/System Product Name
[ 1251.427718] EIP: 0060:[<c012a6c7>] EFLAGS: 00210286 CPU: 1
kmap_atomic_prot+0xc7/0xd0
[ 1251.427723] EAX: c2b99420 EBX: dcc27163 ECX: 00000163 EDX: c082ee78
[ 1251.427725] ESI: 00000017 EDI: 0000001b EBP: f531ce14 ESP: f531ce04
[ 1251.427727] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068
[ 1251.427729] Process sh (pid: 3000, ti=f531c000 task=f64032c0 task.ti=f531c000)
[ 1251.427730] Stack:
[ 1251.427732] fffff000 f57d4f78 00000017 bffffff3 f531ce1c c012a6e3 f531ce70 c01dc0fa
[ 1251.427736] <0> 00000001 c300a2dc f531ceec 00000080 f4a74b00 00000000 f6ce3a9c 00000001
[ 1251.427742] <0> f531ce70 c01d9255 f477ca80 f5754bfc f477b6c0 00000001 bffffff3 f477b6c0
[ 1251.427747] Call Trace:
kmap_atomic+0x13/0x20
[ 1251.427753] [<c01dc0fa>] ? handle_mm_fault+0x9a/0xa90
[ 1251.427756] [<c01d9255>] ? follow_page+0x65/0x2a0
[ 1251.427759] [<c01dcbf6>] ? __get_user_pages+0x106/0x3d0
[ 1251.427762] [<c01dcf60>] ? get_user_pages+0x50/0x60
[ 1251.427765] [<c02042c2>] ? get_arg_page+0x52/0xb0
[ 1251.427767] [<c033714b>] ? strnlen_user+0x2b/0x60
[ 1251.427770] [<c02043f7>] ? copy_strings+0xd7/0x190
[ 1251.427773] [<c02044d9>] ? copy_strings_kernel+0x29/0x40
[ 1251.427775] [<c0205e4a>] ? do_execve+0x19a/0x2c0
[ 1251.427778] [<c0565fc3>] ? error_code+0x73/0x80
[ 1251.427781] [<c033727a>] ? strncpy_from_user+0x3a/0x70
[ 1251.427784] [<c0109c17>] ? sys_execve+0x37/0x70
[ 1251.427786] [<c01030e2>] ? ptregs_execve+0x12/0x20
[ 1251.427789] [<c0103017>] ? sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x22
[ 1251.427790] Code: cb 83 e1 01 8b 35 c0 69 8a c0 74 06 23 1d 3c 88 78 c0 29 f0 83 c7 46 c1 f8 05 c1 e0 0c 09 d8 89 02 8b 45 f0 c1 e7 0c 29 f8 eb 85 <0f> 0b eb fe 90 8d 74 26 00 55 89 e5 0f 1f 44 00 00 8b 0d 04 a0
kmap_atomic_prot+0xc7/0xd0 SS:ESP 0068:f531ce04
[ 1251.427824] ---[ end trace 7c1512c76d3a2aa1 ]---
[ 1251.427828] note: sh[3000] exited with preempt_count 1
[ 1251.427838] ------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at arch/x86/mm/highmem_32.c:45!
[ 1251.427841] invalid opcode: 0000 [#2] SMP
Any clue on what's going on?
Raphael