From: Pavel Machek Subject: Re: 2.6.25-git2: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffffffffffffff Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:09:36 +0200 Message-ID: <20080425140936.GA19602@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20080422095315.GA28014@elte.hu> <4811090A.9030809@gmail.com> <48112C74.8000405@gmail.com> <481189E2.9050005@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Linus Torvalds , Zdenek Kabelac , Ingo Molnar , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com, David Miller , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Andrew Morton , linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, herbert@gondor.apana.org.au, Pekka Enberg , Christoph Lameter To: Jiri Slaby Return-path: Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.31.123]:59555 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754444AbYDYOJD (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:09:03 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <481189E2.9050005@gmail.com> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi! > core 2 duo, 2gigs of mem, 2 sata II disks, raid0, raid1 (both 0.9), lvm2, > ext3 above all of it. > > Modules: > Module Size Used by > tun 11012 1 <----- Using vpn! > bitrev 2240 1 tun > ipv6 269736 36 > arc4 2432 2 > ecb 3584 2 > crypto_blkcipher 18052 1 ecb > cryptomgr 3712 0 > crypto_algapi 15872 4 arc4,ecb,crypto_blkcipher,cryptomgr > ath5k 104640 0 > mac80211 140240 1 ath5k > crc32 4416 2 tun,mac80211 > sr_mod 15748 0 > rtc_cmos 10232 0 > rtc_core 17220 1 rtc_cmos > floppy 64488 0 > cfg80211 27920 2 ath5k,mac80211 > cdrom 37800 1 sr_mod > ohci1394 31412 0 > rtc_lib 3328 1 rtc_core > ieee1394 90808 1 ohci1394 > evdev 11584 5 > usbhid 49952 0 > hid 73664 1 usbhid > ff_memless 6088 1 usbhid > ehci_hcd 37388 0 One useful trick is trying to boot with init=/bin/bash, and see if the problem persists. If it is gone, it is likely one of the modules, and those may be binary-searched -- which is often easier than bisect. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html