Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751240AbVIRATO (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Sep 2005 20:19:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751249AbVIRATO (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Sep 2005 20:19:14 -0400 Received: from mailgw.aecom.yu.edu ([129.98.1.16]:16058 "EHLO mailgw.aecom.yu.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751240AbVIRATN (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Sep 2005 20:19:13 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 20:20:40 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Maurice Volaski Subject: Re: Segfaults in mkdir under high load. Software or hardware? Cc: colding@omesc.com, bert.hubert@netherlabs.nl Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1280 Lines: 31 > > I am experiencing segfaults in mkdir, and mkdir alone, under high load. > >I've seen errors like these happen, and they were kernel bugs. > >> [ 0.000000] Bootdata ok (command line is root=/dev/sda4 >>vga=0x31B video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap) > > [ 0.000000] Linux version 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 (root@omc-2) (gcc >version 3.4.3 20041125 (Gentoo 3.4.3-r1, ssp-3.4.3-0, pie-8.7.7)) #6 >SMP Mon Jul 25 13:50:58 CEST 2005 > >If you reproduce with an unpatched kernel and an unpatched compiler, you are >much more likely to get attention. Your problem might also just go away. I have been seeing a similar thing: ./current:Sep 17 18:00:01 [kernel] mkdir[7696]: segfault at 0000000000000000 rip 000000000040184d rsp 00007fffff826350 error 4 I'm using the plain 2.6.13 (from gentoo vanilla sources), though it was compiled with gcc version 3.4.4 (Gentoo 3.4.4-r1, ssp-3.4.4-1.0, pie-8.7.8) -- Maurice Volaski, mvolaski@aecom.yu.edu Computing Support, Rose F. Kennedy Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University - 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/