Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755252Ab3DOKFW (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Apr 2013 06:05:22 -0400 Received: from gwu.lbox.cz ([62.245.111.132]:38381 "EHLO gwu.lbox.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752614Ab3DOKFU (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Apr 2013 06:05:20 -0400 Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:05:12 +0200 From: Nikola Ciprich To: Mike Galbraith Cc: linux-kernel mlist , linux-stable mlist , Nikola Ciprich Subject: Re: 3.0.60: general protection fault: 0000, Fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed Message-ID: <20130415100512.GS28496@pcnci.linuxbox.cz> References: <20130415053336.GB1155@pcnci.linuxbox.cz> <1366014586.4962.17.camel@marge.simpson.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="DvifzEOEABd5jzbd" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1366014586.4962.17.camel@marge.simpson.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2011-07-01) X-Antivirus: on lbxovapx by Kaspersky antivirus, 9562250 records (last update: 20130415) X-Antivirus: on lbxovapx by Kaspersky antivirus, 9562250 records (last update: 20130415) X-Antivirus: on lbxovapx by Kaspersky antivirus, 9562250 records (last update: 20130415) X-Spam-Score: N/A (imported whitelist) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1751 Lines: 71 --DvifzEOEABd5jzbd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Mike, > Feeding that to scripts/decodecode thanks, didn't know about that! =2E =2E =2E =2E >=20 > That's here in dup_fd(): > for (i =3D open_files; i !=3D 0; i--) { > struct file *f =3D *old_fds++; > if (f) { > get_file(f); >=20 > It's doing that get_file(), grabbing a reference to all open files in a > loop, but old_fds points off into lala land, so I'd say you must have > memory corruption, and open_files is garbage. Seeing "One of our > servers..", operative word being "one", I'd tend to suspect heat or such > given the box exploded in this extremely heavily exercised spot. yes, that could be. I'll have this box checked, including memtest etc. thanks a lot for Your time! nik >=20 > -Mike >=20 --=20 ------------------------------------- Ing. Nikola CIPRICH LinuxBox.cz, s.r.o. 28.rijna 168, 709 00 Ostrava tel.: +420 591 166 214 fax: +420 596 621 273 mobil: +420 777 093 799 www.linuxbox.cz mobil servis: +420 737 238 656 email servis: servis@linuxbox.cz ------------------------------------- --DvifzEOEABd5jzbd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlFr0NgACgkQ3xdJJrLygV7iMwCfYbzUBwX2OAeZdKIQiWIqDjBP u9MAnR7aK6Ol9o7MogkrJBripfalkej+ =3NoV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --DvifzEOEABd5jzbd-- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/