Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:23:17 -0600
From: Lee <linuxtwidler@gmail.com>
To: Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: kernel crash debugging
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> > I am running kernel version '2.6.13-gentoo-r3'
> > 
> > My hardware is as follows:
> >  - motherboard:  Tyan Tiger 230T
> >  - processors: 2 Pentium II 1.13Ghz
> >  - memory: 1.5GB 
> > 
> > I have been having intermittent lockups for a while now.
> > 
> > At first, I thought it had something to do with vmware, but this is no occuring with a non-tainted kernel.
> 
> First thing I would try with those kind of faults is Memtest86, you 
> could have some bad RAM or bad memory timing settings..

I could understand that concept except for one thing:
  - with 4k stacks turned on, i have the lockups
  - with 4k stacks turned off, i have not had a single lock up at all.

Per an earlier email from 'pageexec@freemail.hu', it appears that there is still an execution path in the kernel with is causing a stack overflow.


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Lee
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