On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 02:32 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Laurent Riffard <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Le 01.03.2006 01:21, Andrew Morton a écrit :
> > > Laurent Riffard <[email protected]> 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
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