[1.] One line summary of the problem:
kernel BUG at page_alloc.c:117!
[2.] Full description of the problem/report:
cat /var/log/messages
...
Aug 7 04:17:25 lordvaider kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: freed 16
pages
Aug 7 04:17:25 lordvaider kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: backend
released
Aug 7 04:17:26 lordvaider kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: Intel
440BX chipset
Aug 7 04:17:26 lordvaider kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: aperture:
256M @ 0xe0000000
Aug 7 04:17:26 lordvaider kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: aperture
mapped from 0xe0000000 to 0xd5add000
Aug 7 04:17:26 lordvaider kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: mode 2x
Aug 7 04:17:26 lordvaider kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: allocated
16 pages
Aug 7 04:19:46 lordvaider ntpd[825]: synchronisation lost
Aug 7 04:37:57 lordvaider ntpd[825]: time reset 2.821400 s
Aug 7 04:37:57 lordvaider ntpd[825]: synchronisation lost
Aug 7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: ------------[ cut here
]------------
Aug 7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: kernel BUG at
page_alloc.c:117!
Aug 7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: invalid operand: 0000
Aug 7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: tuner bttv i2c-algo-bit
i2c-core videodev sr_mod es1371 ac97_codec gameport so
Aug 7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: CPU: 0
Aug 7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: EIP: 0010:[<c0131107>]
Tainted: P
Aug 7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: EFLAGS: 00010296
Aug 7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel:
Aug 7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: EIP is at __free_pages_ok
[kernel] 0x57 (2.4.18-5)
Aug 7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: eax: 00000020 ebx:
c12fa968 ecx: 00000001 edx: 00002cf6
Aug 7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: esi: 00000000 edi:
00000010 ebp: 00000000 esp: d3fc7f5c
Aug 7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss:
0018
Aug 7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: Process kswapd (pid: 5,
stackpage=d3fc7000)
Aug 7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: Stack: c02251dc 00000075
d39af8a0 c12fa968 c013c833 d3e8e200 c12a4748 00000030
Aug 7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: c013a9ca c12fa968
c12fa984 00000010 d39af8a0 c012e994 c12fa968 00000030
Aug 7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: c12fa968 c12fa984
00000010 c02c7304 c0130126 c02c732c 00000000 00001246
Aug 7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: Call Trace: [<c013c833>]
try_to_free_buffers [kernel] 0xa3
Aug 7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: [<c013a9ca>]
try_to_release_page [kernel] 0x3a
Aug 7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: [<c012e994>] drop_page
[kernel] 0x34
Aug 7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: [<c0130126>]
refill_inactive_zone [kernel] 0x276
Aug 7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: [<c0130ab0>] kswapd
[kernel] 0x280
Aug 7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: [<c0105000>] stext
[kernel] 0x0
Aug 7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: [<c0107136>]
kernel_thread [kernel] 0x26
Aug 7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: [<c0130830>] kswapd
[kernel] 0x0
Aug 7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel:
Aug 7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel:
Aug 7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: Code: 0f 0b 5d 58 8b 3d
d0 54 33 c0 89 d8 29 f8 69 c0 b7 6d db b6
Aug 7 14:07:14 lordvaider syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
ago 7 14:07:15 lordvaider syslog: Iniciaci?n de syslogd
succeeded
Aug 7 14:07:15 lordvaider kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source =
/proc/kmsg started.
Aug 7 14:07:15 lordvaider kernel: Linux version 2.4.18-5
([email protected]) (gcc version 2.96 20
000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-110)) #1 Mon Jun 10 15:31:48
EDT 2002
...
[3.] Keywords (i.e., modules, networking, kernel):
[4.] Kernel version (from /proc/version):
Linux version 2.4.18-5 ([email protected])
(gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-110)) #1 Mon Jun
10 15:31:48 EDT 2002
[5.] Output of Oops.. message (if applicable) with symbolic
information
resolved (see Documentation/oops-tracing.txt)
[6.] A small shell script or example program which triggers the
problem (if possible)
[7.] Environment
[7.1.] Software (add the output of the ver_linux script here)
[root@lordvaider linux-2.4.18-5]# sh scripts/ver_linux
If some fields are empty or look unusual you may have an old
version.
Compare to the current minimal requirements in
Documentation/Changes.
Linux lordvaider.evoto.org 2.4.18-5 #1 Mon Jun 10 15:31:48
EDT 2002 i686 unknown
Gnu C 2.96
Gnu make 3.79.1
util-linux 2.11n
mount 2.11n
modutils 2.4.14
e2fsprogs 1.27
reiserfsprogs 3.x.0j
Linux C Library 2.2.5
Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.2.5
Procps 2.0.7
Net-tools 1.60
Console-tools 0.3.3
Sh-utils 2.0.11
Modules Loaded sr_mod es1371 ac97_codec gameport
soundcore agpgart NVdriver binfmt_misc autofs eepro100 3c59x
iptable_nat ip_conntrack iptable_mangle iptable_filter ip_tables
ide-scsi scsi_mod ide-cd cdrom mousedev hid input usb-uhci usbcore
ext3 jbd
[7.2.] Processor information (from /proc/cpuinfo):
[root@lordvaider linux-2.4.18-5]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 5
model name : Pentium II (Deschutes)
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 350.802
cache size : 512 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep
mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr
bogomips : 699.59
[7.3.] Module information (from /proc/modules):
[root@lordvaider linux-2.4.18-5]# cat /proc/modules
sr_mod 16920 2 (autoclean)
es1371 29024 1 (autoclean)
ac97_codec 12320 0 (autoclean) [es1371]
gameport 3488 0 (autoclean) [es1371]
soundcore 6500 4 (autoclean) [es1371]
agpgart 39680 3 (autoclean)
NVdriver 1022272 10 (autoclean)
binfmt_misc 7460 1
autofs 11972 0 (autoclean) (unused)
eepro100 20336 1
3c59x 28680 1
iptable_nat 21460 1 (autoclean)
ip_conntrack 21836 1 (autoclean) [iptable_nat]
iptable_mangle 3136 0 (autoclean) (unused)
iptable_filter 2752 1 (autoclean)
ip_tables 13792 5 [iptable_nat iptable_mangle
iptable_filter]
ide-scsi 9664 1
scsi_mod 109424 2 [sr_mod ide-scsi]
ide-cd 30272 0
cdrom 32032 0 [sr_mod ide-cd]
mousedev 5120 1
hid 20832 0 (unused)
input 5792 0 [mousedev hid]
usb-uhci 24484 0 (unused)
usbcore 71904 1 [hid usb-uhci]
ext3 67328 3
jbd 49496 3 [ext3]
[7.4.] Loaded driver and hardware information (/proc/ioports,
/proc/iomem)
[7.5.] PCI information ('lspci -vvv' as root)
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX
Host bridge (rev 02)
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV-
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32
Region 0: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
[size=256M]
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 1.0
Status: RQ=31 SBA+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x1,x2
Command: RQ=0 SBA- AGP+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x2
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX
AGP bridge (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV-
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01,
sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000f000-00000fff
Memory behind bridge: f0000000-f1ffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f2000000-f2ffffff
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA+ MAbort- >Reset-
FastB2B+
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev
02)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV-
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE
(rev 01) (prog-if 80 [Master])
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV-
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32
Region 4: I/O ports at f000 [size=16]
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB
(rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV-
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32
Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 11
Region 4: I/O ports at 9000 [size=32]
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev
02)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV-
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Interrupt: pin ? routed to IRQ 9
00:09.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c900B-TPO
[Etherlink XL TPO] (rev 04)
Subsystem: 3Com Corporation 3C900B-TPO Etherlink XL TPO
10Mb
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV-
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 (2500ns min, 12000ns max), cache line size
08
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: I/O ports at 9400 [size=128]
Region 1: Memory at f5100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
[size=128]
Expansion ROM at f3000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
00:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371
[AudioPCI-97] (rev 08)
Subsystem: Ensoniq Creative Sound Blaster AudioPCI64V,
AudioPCI128
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV-
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow
>TAbort- <TAbort+ <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 (3000ns min, 32000ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
Region 0: I/O ports at 9800 [size=64]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet
Pro 100] (rev 08)
Subsystem: Intel Corp. EtherExpress PRO/100+ Management
Adapter
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV-
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 (2000ns min, 14000ns max), cache line size
08
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 12
Region 0: Memory at f5101000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
[size=4K]
Region 1: I/O ports at 9c00 [size=64]
Region 2: Memory at f5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
[size=1M]
Expansion ROM at f4000000 [disabled] [size=1M]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME-
00:0d.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation
Bt848 Video Capture (rev 12)
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV-
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32 (4000ns min, 10000ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: Memory at f5102000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
[size=4K]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV4
[Riva TnT] (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: STB Systems Inc: Unknown device 273e
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV-
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium
>TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 248 (1250ns min, 250ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 12
Region 0: Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
[size=16M]
Region 1: Memory at f2000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
[size=16M]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 1
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Capabilities: [44] AGP version 1.0
Status: RQ=15 SBA+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x1,x2
Command: RQ=15 SBA- AGP+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x2
[7.6.] SCSI information (from /proc/scsi/scsi)
[root@lordvaider linux-2.4.18-5]# cat /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: COMPAQ Model: DVD-ROM GD-2500 Rev: 0011
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision:
02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
Vendor: HP Model: CD-Writer+ 8100 Rev: 1.0g
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision:
02
[7.7.] Other information that might be relevant to the problem
(please look in /proc and include all information that you
think to be relevant):
[X.] Other notes, patches, fixes, workarounds:
--
Sergio Avila Jim?nez <[email protected]>
EVoto Team - http://evoto.org
--
On Wed, Aug 07, 2002 at 03:09:08PM +0200, Sergio Avila wrote:
>
> kernel BUG at page_alloc.c:117!
>
> Aug 7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: EIP: 0010:[<c0131107>] Tainted: P
>
> NVdriver 1022272 10 (autoclean)
I'll play Alan for a moment...
Repeat after a cold boot having never loaded the NVidia driver. If you can do so,
repost the results here. Otherwise, contact NVidia since we cannot debug their
closed source driver.
--Adam
On Wed, 2002-08-07 at 14:09, Sergio Avila wrote:
> [1.] One line summary of the problem:
>
> kernel BUG at page_alloc.c:117!
> Aug 7 04:17:25 lordvaider kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: freed 16
> pages
> Aug 7 04:17:25 lordvaider kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: backend
Please report this to Nvidia. The linux community does not support or
care about bugs reported on any boot when their binary only modules have
been loaded
> > [1.] One line summary of the problem:
> >
> > kernel BUG at page_alloc.c:117!
>
> > Aug 7 04:17:25 lordvaider kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: freed 16
> > pages
> > Aug 7 04:17:25 lordvaider kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: backend
>
> Please report this to Nvidia. The linux community does not support or
> care about bugs reported on any boot when their binary only modules have
> been loaded
And in case you're wondering whether lkml people are being assholes about
binary-only drivers and don't really want to help, note that this particular
bug has been confirmed many times to indeed be caused by the Nvidia module.
T.
Tomas Szepe wrote:
> > Please report this to Nvidia. The linux community does not support or
> > care about bugs reported on any boot when their binary only modules have
> > been loaded
>
> And in case you're wondering whether lkml people are being assholes about
> binary-only drivers and don't really want to help, note that this particular
> bug has been confirmed many times to indeed be caused by the Nvidia module.
Worse... When we outcast NVidia users trot over to the linux forum on
the NVidia website, the attitude of the fellow that responds to darned
near every posting might best be summarized as:
"The 2.5.X series is for kernel developers. If you fancy
yourself a kernel developer, you can fix the OS interface
routines yourself."
It's not clear from the limited amount of time I spend in that forum
whether that poster is an NVidia employee, but if so... FEH!!!
I supposed it *might* be possible that the source code NVidia *does*
provide can be patched to workaround the braindamage that lurks within
the binary-only module. Circumstantial evidence suggests the contrary,
or it would have already been done. Enough has changed within the
2.5.X memory management code that I'm reasonably certain the NVidia
driver problems will require modifications to code we *don't* have
source for.
Consider this an invitation for any NVidia employee "in the know" (who
also reads this list) to comment. Even a hearty "f*ck off" would beat
the world-class lettin' alone the linux community is currently getting.
Linux zealots who insist I should vote with my dollars are cordially
invited to suggest alternative video cards that (1) are fully
supported under Linux, and (2) perform as well as the NVidia cards do
(when the NVidia driver doesn't crash my system, that is). I have two
informal benchmarks I care about: the OpenGL "lament" screensaver, and
Unreal Tournament.
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