Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750953AbWCAN5R (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Mar 2006 08:57:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750935AbWCAN5Q (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Mar 2006 08:57:16 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:53433 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750835AbWCAN5P (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Mar 2006 08:57:15 -0500 X-Authenticated: #14349625 Subject: Re: 2.6.16-rc5-mm1 From: Mike Galbraith To: Andrew Morton Cc: Laurent Riffard , jesper.juhl@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rjw@sisk.pl, mbligh@mbligh.org, clameter@engr.sgi.com, ebiederm@xmission.com In-Reply-To: <20060301023235.735c8c47.akpm@osdl.org> References: <20060228042439.43e6ef41.akpm@osdl.org> <9a8748490602281313t4106dcccl982dc2966b95e0a7@mail.gmail.com> <4404CE39.6000109@liberouter.org> <9a8748490602281430x736eddf9l98e0de201b14940a@mail.gmail.com> <4404DA29.7070902@free.fr> <20060228162157.0ed55ce6.akpm@osdl.org> <4405723E.5060606@free.fr> <20060301023235.735c8c47.akpm@osdl.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 14:58:31 +0100 Message-Id: <1141221511.7775.10.camel@homer> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1883 Lines: 46 On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 02:32 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > Laurent Riffard wrote: > > > > Le 01.03.2006 01:21, Andrew Morton a écrit : > > > Laurent Riffard wrote: > > > > > >>BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000034 > > > > > > > > > I booted that thing on five machines, four architectures :( > > > > > > Could people please test a couple more patchsets, see if we can isolate it? > > > > > > http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/2.6.16-rc5-mm1.1.gz > > > > > > is 2.6.16-rc5-mm1 minus: > > > > > > proc-make-proc_numbuf-the-buffer-size-for-holding-a.patch > > > tref-implement-task-references.patch > > > proc-dont-lock-task_structs-indefinitely.patch > > > proc-dont-lock-task_structs-indefinitely-git-nfs-fix.patch > > > proc-dont-lock-task_structs-indefinitely-cpuset-fix.patch > > > proc-optimize-proc_check_dentry_visible.patch > > > > Ok, 2.6.16-rc5-mm1.1 works for me: > > - I can run java from command line in runlevel 1 > > - I can launch Mozilla in X > > Useful, thanks. So the second batch of /proc patches are indeed the problem. > > If you have (even more) time you could test > http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/2.6.16-rc5-mm2-pre1.gz. > That's the latest of everything with the problematic sysfs patches reverted > and Eric's recent /proc fixes. Seems to work OK here, with debug settings as in Paul Jackson's report. No java crash, no fuser -n tcp NNNN crash. Only thing I see so far is the proc symbolic link to nirvana permissions thingie. Box is P4 HT. -Mike - 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/