This is a dual Pro200. Running mainly oracle. The kernel is a 2.2.18pre19
+ide-patch. The oops was unfortunately mangled by sysklogd, but I did try
to reconstruct it. Sysklogd apparently used the wrong System.map (the
redhat default one I had accidentally left in /boot). I tried to map the
addresses back and re-lookup them from the correct System.map. Do the
addresses I got make any sense?
After the opps, the box had locked up solid (in XFree dmps state), and I
had no way of reading the oops from console. The machine did not react to
any key combination and the networking was dead.
The current 2.2.18pre vm seems very unstable to me. This is the second
machine I'm having serious trouble with it (out of three boxes I'm running
2.2.18pre on). Please consider something for the 2.2.18 final (I haven't
heard Alan comment on the Andrea's VM-global patch?). Anyway, I'm going to
try Andrea's vm-global-7 now. It seems to include the bits Rik posted, or
am I mistaken?
BTW: What are those seemingly harmless "VFS: busy inodes on changed
media." messages I'm getting tons of?
Nov 28 07:12:37 gistraktori kernel: VFS: busy inodes on changed media.
Nov 28 07:12:37 gistraktori kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 00400034
Nov 28 07:12:37 gistraktori kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 00101000, %%cr3 = 00101000
Nov 28 07:12:37 gistraktori kernel: *pde = 00000000
Nov 28 07:12:37 gistraktori kernel: Oops: 0002
Nov 28 07:12:37 gistraktori kernel: CPU: 0
Nov 28 07:12:37 gistraktori kernel: EIP: 0010:[sys_writev+89/176]
Nov 28 07:12:37 gistraktori kernel: EFLAGS: 00010206
Nov 28 07:12:37 gistraktori kernel: eax: 00400000 ebx: c9420300 ecx: c9420300 edx: cfeb42e0
Nov 28 07:12:37 gistraktori kernel: esi: c9420300 edi: 00000000 ebp: c0449aa0 esp: cffdff78
Nov 28 07:12:37 gistraktori kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018
Nov 28 07:12:37 gistraktori kernel: Process kswapd (pid: 5, process nr: 6, stackpage=cffdf000)
Nov 28 07:12:37 gistraktori kernel: Stack: c9420300 c0129ac9 c9420300 c0449aa0 000007d7 00000001 00000030 fffffffe
Nov 28 07:12:37 gistraktori kernel: c011df46 c0449aa0 00000001 cffde000 0000000c 00000006 00000001 00000001
Nov 28 07:12:37 gistraktori kernel: c012355f 00000006 00000030 cffde000 c01dd85a cffde2bd 000000a0 cffde000
Nov 28 07:12:37 gistraktori kernel:
Call Trace:
[set_blocksize+409/492]
[do_mmap+930/1004]
[kmem_cache_alloc+159/348]
[ide_hwif_to_major+2167/2437]
[kmem_cache_free+59/408]
[get_options+0/116]
[apm_enable_power_management+111/112]
Nov 28 07:12:37 gistraktori kernel: Code: 89 50 34 c7 01 00 00 00 00 89 02
c7 41 34 00 00 00 00 ff 0d
Nov 28 07:12:39 gistraktori kernel: VFS: busy inodes on changed media.
Nov 28 07:13:11 gistraktori last message repeated 11 times
(and hung solid at this point)
>From the false System.map
c0129930 T set_blocksize + 409 = C0129AC9
c011dba4 T do_mmap + 930 = C011DF46
c01234c0 T kmem_cache_alloc + 159 = C012355F
c01dcfe3 r ide_hwif_to_major + 2167 = C01DD85A
c012361c T kmem_cache_free + 59 = C0123657
c0106000 T get_options + 0 = C0106000
c0106488 t apm_enable_power_management + 111 = C01064F7
>From the correct System.map:
c0129a90 T try_to_free_buffers
c011de2c T shrink_mmap
c0123504 t do_try_to_free_pages
c01dbb40 r tvecs
c01235f4 T kswapd
c0106000 T get_options
c01064d4 T kernel_thread
lsmod at the time:
lsmod
Module Size Used by
eepro100 16736 1 (autoclean)
st 25388 0 (unused)
.config:
#
# Automatically generated by make menuconfig: don't edit
#
#
# Code maturity level options
#
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
#
# Processor type and features
#
# CONFIG_M386 is not set
# CONFIG_M486 is not set
# CONFIG_M586 is not set
# CONFIG_M586TSC is not set
CONFIG_M686=y
CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y
# CONFIG_MICROCODE is not set
# CONFIG_X86_MSR is not set
# CONFIG_X86_CPUID is not set
CONFIG_1GB=y
# CONFIG_2GB is not set
# CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
# CONFIG_MTRR is not set
CONFIG_SMP=y
#
# Loadable module support
#
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
CONFIG_KMOD=y
#
# General setup
#
CONFIG_NET=y
CONFIG_PCI=y
# CONFIG_PCI_GOBIOS is not set
# CONFIG_PCI_GODIRECT is not set
CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
CONFIG_PCI_QUIRKS=y
# CONFIG_PCI_OPTIMIZE is not set
CONFIG_PCI_OLD_PROC=y
# CONFIG_MCA is not set
# CONFIG_VISWS is not set
CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
# CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT is not set
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y
# CONFIG_BINFMT_JAVA is not set
# CONFIG_PARPORT is not set
# CONFIG_APM is not set
# CONFIG_TOSHIBA is not set
#
# Plug and Play support
#
# CONFIG_PNP is not set
#
# Block devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
# CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set
# CONFIG_IDE_TASK_IOCTL_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640_ENHANCED is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
# CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_NEW_DRIVE_LISTINGS is not set
CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_EXPERIMENTAL=y
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_WIP is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AEC62XX is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI15X3 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD7409 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD64X is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CY82C693 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5530 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT34X is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT366 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX=y
CONFIG_PIIX_TUNING=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OSB4 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIS5513 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SLC90E66 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290 is not set
# CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_IVB is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960 is not set
CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT=y
# CONFIG_PARIDE is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODES=y
# CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set
#
# Networking options
#
CONFIG_PACKET=y
# CONFIG_NETLINK is not set
CONFIG_FIREWALL=y
# CONFIG_FILTER is not set
CONFIG_UNIX=y
CONFIG_INET=y
# CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set
CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL=y
# CONFIG_IP_TRANSPARENT_PROXY is not set
# CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_IPGRE is not set
CONFIG_IP_ALIAS=y
# CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES is not set
# CONFIG_INET_RARP is not set
CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=y
# CONFIG_IPV6 is not set
# CONFIG_IPX is not set
# CONFIG_ATALK is not set
# CONFIG_X25 is not set
# CONFIG_LAPB is not set
# CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set
# CONFIG_NET_DIVERT is not set
# CONFIG_LLC is not set
# CONFIG_ECONET is not set
# CONFIG_WAN_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_NET_FASTROUTE is not set
# CONFIG_NET_HW_FLOWCONTROL is not set
# CONFIG_CPU_IS_SLOW is not set
#
# QoS and/or fair queueing
#
# CONFIG_NET_SCHED is not set
#
# Telephony Support
#
# CONFIG_PHONE is not set
# CONFIG_PHONE_IXJ is not set
#
# SCSI support
#
CONFIG_SCSI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=m
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR_VENDOR is not set
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=y
CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y
CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y
# CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING is not set
#
# SCSI low-level drivers
#
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_3W_XXXX_RAID is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_7000FASST is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ACARD is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA152X is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1542 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1740 is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX=y
# CONFIG_AIC7XXX_TCQ_ON_BY_DEFAULT is not set
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_CMDS_PER_DEVICE=8
# CONFIG_AIC7XXX_PROC_STATS is not set
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_RESET_DELAY=5
# CONFIG_SCSI_IPS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_IN2000 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AM53C974 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_MEGARAID is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_CPQFCTS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DTC3280 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_DMA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_PIO is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_GDTH is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_GENERIC_NCR5380 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_INITIO is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_INIA100 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C406A is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C416 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SIM710 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PAS16 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2000 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2220I is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PSI240I is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FAS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_ISP is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FC is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SEAGATE is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DC390T is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_T128 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_U14_34F is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ULTRASTOR is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG is not set
#
# I2O device support
#
# CONFIG_I2O is not set
# CONFIG_I2O_PCI is not set
# CONFIG_I2O_BLOCK is not set
# CONFIG_I2O_SCSI is not set
#
# Network device support
#
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
#
# ARCnet devices
#
# CONFIG_ARCNET is not set
CONFIG_DUMMY=m
# CONFIG_BONDING is not set
# CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set
# CONFIG_NET_SB1000 is not set
#
# Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)
#
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM is not set
# CONFIG_LANCE is not set
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_RACAL is not set
# CONFIG_RTL8139 is not set
# CONFIG_RTL8139TOO is not set
# CONFIG_NET_ISA is not set
CONFIG_NET_EISA=y
# CONFIG_PCNET32 is not set
# CONFIG_AC3200 is not set
# CONFIG_APRICOT is not set
# CONFIG_CS89x0 is not set
# CONFIG_DM9102 is not set
# CONFIG_DE4X5 is not set
# CONFIG_DEC_ELCP is not set
# CONFIG_DEC_ELCP_OLD is not set
# CONFIG_DGRS is not set
CONFIG_EEXPRESS_PRO100=m
# CONFIG_LNE390 is not set
# CONFIG_NE3210 is not set
# CONFIG_NE2K_PCI is not set
# CONFIG_TLAN is not set
# CONFIG_VIA_RHINE is not set
# CONFIG_SIS900 is not set
# CONFIG_ES3210 is not set
# CONFIG_EPIC100 is not set
# CONFIG_ZNET is not set
# CONFIG_NET_POCKET is not set
#
# Ethernet (1000 Mbit)
#
# CONFIG_ACENIC is not set
# CONFIG_HAMACHI is not set
# CONFIG_YELLOWFIN is not set
# CONFIG_SK98LIN is not set
# CONFIG_FDDI is not set
# CONFIG_HIPPI is not set
CONFIG_PPP=m
CONFIG_SLIP=m
# CONFIG_SLIP_COMPRESSED is not set
# CONFIG_SLIP_SMART is not set
# CONFIG_SLIP_MODE_SLIP6 is not set
# CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set
#
# Token ring devices
#
# CONFIG_TR is not set
# CONFIG_NET_FC is not set
# CONFIG_RCPCI is not set
# CONFIG_SHAPER is not set
#
# Wan interfaces
#
# CONFIG_HOSTESS_SV11 is not set
# CONFIG_COSA is not set
# CONFIG_SEALEVEL_4021 is not set
# CONFIG_SYNCLINK_SYNCPPP is not set
# CONFIG_LANMEDIA is not set
# CONFIG_COMX is not set
# CONFIG_HDLC is not set
# CONFIG_DLCI is not set
# CONFIG_XPEED is not set
# CONFIG_SBNI is not set
#
# Amateur Radio support
#
# CONFIG_HAMRADIO is not set
#
# IrDA (infrared) support
#
# CONFIG_IRDA is not set
#
# ISDN subsystem
#
# CONFIG_ISDN is not set
#
# Old CD-ROM drivers (not SCSI, not IDE)
#
# CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set
#
# Character devices
#
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SERIAL=y
# CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_EXTENDED is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256
CONFIG_MOUSE=y
#
# Mice
#
# CONFIG_ATIXL_BUSMOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_BUSMOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_MS_BUSMOUSE is not set
CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y
CONFIG_82C710_MOUSE=y
# CONFIG_PC110_PAD is not set
#
# Joysticks
#
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK is not set
# CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set
# CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set
# CONFIG_NVRAM is not set
# CONFIG_RTC is not set
# CONFIG_INTEL_RNG is not set
# CONFIG_AGP is not set
# CONFIG_DRM is not set
#
# Video For Linux
#
# CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV is not set
# CONFIG_DTLK is not set
#
# Ftape, the floppy tape device driver
#
# CONFIG_FTAPE is not set
#
# USB support
#
# CONFIG_USB is not set
#
# Filesystems
#
# CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS=y
# CONFIG_ADFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_HFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_FAT_FS=m
# CONFIG_MSDOS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS is not set
CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=m
CONFIG_JOLIET=y
# CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
CONFIG_NTFS_FS=y
CONFIG_NTFS_RW=y
# CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y
# CONFIG_QNX4FS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
# CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set
# CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_EFS_FS is not set
#
# Network File Systems
#
# CONFIG_CODA_FS is not set
CONFIG_NFS_FS=m
# CONFIG_NFS_V3 is not set
CONFIG_NFSD=m
# CONFIG_NFSD_V3 is not set
CONFIG_SUNRPC=m
CONFIG_LOCKD=m
CONFIG_SMB_FS=m
# CONFIG_SMB_NLS_DEFAULT is not set
# CONFIG_NCP_FS is not set
#
# Partition Types
#
# CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL is not set
# CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION is not set
# CONFIG_SMD_DISKLABEL is not set
# CONFIG_SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION is not set
# CONFIG_UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL is not set
CONFIG_NLS=y
#
# Native Language Support
#
CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="cp437"
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_932 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_936 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_949 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_950 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_14 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R is not set
#
# Console drivers
#
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
# CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE is not set
# CONFIG_FB is not set
#
# Sound
#
CONFIG_SOUND=m
# CONFIG_SOUND_CMPCI is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_CS4281 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_FUSION is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_EMU10K1 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ES1370 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ES1371 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MAESTRO is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ESSSOLO1 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_ICH is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_SONICVIBES is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_TRIDENT is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDCLAS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MSNDPIN is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_VIA82CXXX is not set
CONFIG_SOUND_OSS=m
# CONFIG_SOUND_PAS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_SB is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_GUS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MPU401 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_PSS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MSS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_SSCAPE is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_TRIX is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_MAD16 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_WAVEFRONT is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_CS4232 is not set
CONFIG_SOUND_OPL3SA2=m
# CONFIG_SOUND_MAUI is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_SGALAXY is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_AD1816 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_OPL3SA1 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_SOFTOSS is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_YM3812 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_VMIDI is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_UART6850 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_NM256 is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_YMPCI is not set
# CONFIG_SOUND_YMFPCI is not set
#
# Additional low level sound drivers
#
# CONFIG_LOWLEVEL_SOUND is not set
#
# Kernel hacking
#
CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
-- v --
[email protected]
> BTW: What are those seemingly harmless "VFS: busy inodes on changed
> media." messages I'm getting tons of?
They are not harmless. Someone forcibly unmounted a disk of some sort
from a device that was in use, and while that shouldnt have killed the box
it seems it did
Alan
On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 12:45:49PM +0000, you [Alan Cox] claimed:
> > BTW: What are those seemingly harmless "VFS: busy inodes on changed
> > media." messages I'm getting tons of?
>
> They are not harmless. Someone forcibly unmounted a disk of some sort
> from a device that was in use, and while that shouldnt have killed the box
> it seems it did
I've got hundreds of those during several weeks, and in different boots.
It seems the kernel starts spitting them right after using cdrom.
I wasn't the one who used cdrom, so it is possible, that the person in
question had been able to eject the cd without unmounting it first. I'll
check if the door locking on that device works.
But you are certain that the oops was eventually caused by these and not
by any bug in vm?
-- v --
[email protected]
> I wasn't the one who used cdrom, so it is possible, that the person in
> question had been able to eject the cd without unmounting it first. I'll
> check if the door locking on that device works.
Also rpm -e magicdev --nodeps if magicdev is on the box.
> But you are certain that the oops was eventually caused by these and not
> by any bug in vm?
This one . Yes.
The VM layer isnt causing any oopses I've seen in 2.2.17+. It doesn't always
make good choices and Rik or Andrea's stuff is on the list after 2.2.18
(I refuse to mix VM changes with the big driver changes)
On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 12:57:59PM +0000, you [Alan Cox] claimed:
> > I wasn't the one who used cdrom, so it is possible, that the person in
> > question had been able to eject the cd without unmounting it first. I'll
> > check if the door locking on that device works.
>
> Also rpm -e magicdev --nodeps if magicdev is on the box.
Oops. Seems that there was one. Looks like I did not check the system well
enough after rh70 install...
> > But you are certain that the oops was eventually caused by these and not
> > by any bug in vm?
>
> This one . Yes.
Ok, good. So avoiding ejecting cdrom without unmounting first will save me
from further oopses.
> The VM layer isnt causing any oopses I've seen in 2.2.17+. It doesn't always
> make good choices and Rik or Andrea's stuff is on the list after 2.2.18
Yes. The other problem I saw with 2.2.18pre vm wasn't an oops, it was a
rampaging vm rambo that slaughtered my X while it was idle. Admittedly
that is not as severe as oops, so the vm situation is not as bad as I
thought.
> (I refuse to mix VM changes with the big driver changes)
No problem.
-- v --
[email protected]
> Yes. The other problem I saw with 2.2.18pre vm wasn't an oops, it was a
> rampaging vm rambo that slaughtered my X while it was idle. Admittedly
That sounds like the vm stuff being sorted on yes.
On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 01:44:18PM +0200, Ville Herva wrote:
> try Andrea's vm-global-7 now. It seems to include the bits Rik posted, or
It doesn't include the bits Rik posted because they were unnecessary.
Andrea
On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 01:38:01AM +0100, you [Andrea Arcangeli] claimed:
> On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 01:44:18PM +0200, Ville Herva wrote:
> > try Andrea's vm-global-7 now. It seems to include the bits Rik posted, or
>
> It doesn't include the bits Rik posted because they were unnecessary.
Ummh. What am I smoking?
% patch -p1 --dry-run < ../riel-vm.patch
patching file mm/vmscan.c
Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [n]
Apply anyway? [n]
Skipping patch.
7 out of 7 hunks ignored -- saving rejects to file mm/vmscan.c.rej
I was sure that I only applied vm-global-7 on top of 2.2.18pre19 before
that. Perhaps I have applied Rik's patch on some morning before waking up,
but...
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