Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759860AbYCGPPW (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Mar 2008 10:15:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754324AbYCGPPL (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Mar 2008 10:15:11 -0500 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:37752 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752758AbYCGPPK (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Mar 2008 10:15:10 -0500 Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 16:15:09 +0100 (CET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: "linux-os (Dick Johnson)" cc: Marc Perkel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: What does a Kernel Error 4 mean? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <521608.73353.qm@web52503.mail.re2.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 781 Lines: 24 On Mar 7 2008 10:03, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote: >> On Mar 6 2008 13:59, Marc Perkel wrote: >>> >>> What does a Kernel Error 4 mean? I'm getting this >>> running 64 bit Exim. Just trying to track it down and >>> wondering what an "Error 4" is? >> >> Full error message please. > >Interrupted system call? No, there is also "%s%s[%d]: segfault at %lx ip %08lx sp %08lx error %lx", and an error code of 4 indicates PF_USER. That is why it is *important* to provide an *exact* error message and not just some hear-and-tell number. -- 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/