Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262498AbTFXQNo (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jun 2003 12:13:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262687AbTFXQNn (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jun 2003 12:13:43 -0400 Received: from nat9.steeleye.com ([65.114.3.137]:57094 "EHLO hancock.sc.steeleye.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262498AbTFXQNB (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jun 2003 12:13:01 -0400 Subject: Large backwards time steps panic 2.5.73 From: James Bottomley To: johnstul@us.ibm.com Cc: Linux Kernel , Andrew Morton Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-9) Date: 24 Jun 2003 11:26:58 -0500 Message-Id: <1056472020.2085.81.camel@mulgrave> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1478 Lines: 47 I've got one of those fun machines with a failing bios batter that always boots up with the BIOS clock about a year into the future. 2.5.73 always panics around the time ntpdate sets the clock back to its normal value with: kernel BUG at kernel/timer.c:377! Kernel addresses on the stack: [<10129510>] .L1641+0x0/0x38 [<10105be4>] dump_stack+0x18/0x24 [<101309fc>] .L996+0x0/0x58 [<10147e7c>] .L1188+0x18/0x48 [<10131130>] run_timer_softirq+0x15c/0x1b8 [<10131210>] do_timer+0x68/0x118 [<1012ccec>] __crc_scsi_put_command+0x8d/0xe9 [<101738cc>] locate_fd+0xd0/0x15c [<1010737c>] do_cpu_irq_mask+0x90/0xf0 [<10334f24>] start_kernel+0x4/0x1fc [<1010a068>] intr_return+0x0/0x14 [<10161a7c>] get_empty_filp+0x64/0xfc [<101107a8>] .L894+0x14/0x18 [<10161a7c>] get_empty_filp+0x64/0xfc [<10160044>] .L1853+0x94/0xcc [<101738cc>] locate_fd+0xd0/0x15c [<10334f24>] start_kernel+0x4/0x1fc [<1011077c>] .L892+0x0/0x18 [<103350dc>] start_kernel+0x1bc/0x1fc Reverting the patch ChangeSet 1.1348.6.16 2003/06/20 22:13:39 akpm@digeo.com [PATCH] revert adjtimex changes From: John Stultz, George Anzinger, Eric Piel Fixes the problem for me. The above trace is from a HP PA-RISC machine running 2.5.73-pa1. James - 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/