Hello,
> Last night there's some strange problem with one of my servers, I can still
> telnet into it, execute processes, etc, but there's some running unkillable
> "D" state processes running at my "backup" (/dev/md3) volumn, "shutdown -r
> now", gives no response.
It looks like it could be a single bit error (NULL has been flipped to
0x40) but to verify it I'd need disassemble of the function find_get_page()
of your kernel - you can obtain it by feeding your oops to ksymoops
program.
Also reproducing with recent (2.6.14) vanilla kernel would be
useful...
> [root@rsync ~]# ps -aux |grep "rsync"
> Warning: bad syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See
> /usr/share/doc/procps-3.2.5/FAQ
> nobody 10354 0.0 0.1 4928 1548 ? Ds 03:24 0:00
> rsync --daemon
> nobody 10355 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 03:25 0:00 [rsync]
> <defunct>
> nobody 10820 0.0 0.1 4532 1028 ? D 04:03 0:00
> rsync --daemon
> nobody 10827 0.0 0.1 4536 1036 ? D 05:16 0:00
> rsync --daemon
> nobody 11256 0.0 0.1 5444 1944 ? Ds 14:50 0:00
> rsync --daemon
>
> [root@rsync ~]# mount
> /dev/md1 on / type ext3 (rw,noatime)
> /dev/proc on /proc type proc (rw)
> /dev/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw)
> /dev/devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
> /dev/md0 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
> /dev/shm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
> /dev/md2 on /testraid type ext3 (rw,noatime)
> /dev/md3 on /backup type ext3 (rw,noatime)
> none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
>
> [root@rsync ~]# more /proc/mdstat
> Personalities : [raid1] [raid5]
> md1 : active raid1 hdc2[1] hda2[0]
> 10241344 blocks [2/2] [UU]
>
> md2 : active raid5 sdf1[5] sde1[4] sdd1[3] sdc1[2] sdb1[1] sda1[0]
> 54299200 blocks level 5, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [6/6] [UUUUUU]
>
> md3 : active raid5 sdf2[7] sde2[6] sdd2[5] sdc2[4] sdb2[3] sda2[2] hdc4[1]
> hda4[0]
> 1633352000 blocks level 5, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [8/8] [UUUUUUUU]
>
> md0 : active raid1 hdc1[1] hda1[0]
> 104320 blocks [2/2] [UU]
>
> unused devices: <none>
>
> Also, it got the following at my /var/log/messages:
>
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer
> dereference at virtual address 00000040
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: printing eip:
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: c0153018
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: *pde = 00000000
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: Oops: 0000 [#1]
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: Modules linked in: md5 ipv6 dm_mod video
> button battery ac shpchp i2c_viapro i2c_core via_rhine mii ext3 jbd raid5
> xor raid1 sata_sil sata_via libata sd_mod scsi_mod
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: CPU: 0
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: EIP: 0060:[<c0153018>] Not tainted VLI
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: EFLAGS: 00010002 (2.6.12-1.1456_FC4)
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: EIP is at find_get_page+0xf/0x24
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: eax: 00000040 ebx: 03afcdb6 ecx: 00000040
> edx: fffffffa
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: esi: 03afcdb6 edi: 00000000 ebp: f6a5babc
> esp: e5df8cb8
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: Process rsync (pid: 10353, threadinfo=e5df8000
> task=c19a0aa0)
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: Stack: c017ddf7 d9069f50 0000000c 0000000f
> 00000001 c12452e0 00000000 00000000
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: e926c2b8 f6a5b9d4 00000246 e19c03d0
> f8916ac2 03afcdb6 00000000 f6a5b940
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: 00000000 c01801e2 00000000 00000000
> 00001000 c12452e0 c01807d8 d9069f50
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: Call Trace:
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: [<c017ddf7>] __find_get_block_slow+0x38/0x25c
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: [<f8916ac2>] ext3_get_block+0x52/0x90 [ext3]
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: [<c01801e2>]
> unmap_underlying_metadata+0x2d/0x74
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: [<c01807d8>]
> __block_prepare_write+0x2ba/0x439
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: [<c01810c2>] block_prepare_write+0x22/0x30
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: [<f8916a70>] ext3_get_block+0x0/0x90 [ext3]
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: [<f89170bb>] ext3_prepare_write+0x121/0x135
> [ext3]
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: [<f8916a70>] ext3_get_block+0x0/0x90 [ext3]
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: [<f8916f9a>] ext3_prepare_write+0x0/0x135
> [ext3]
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: [<c0154be4>]
> generic_file_buffered_write+0x292/0x5f9
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: [<c01551ca>]
> __generic_file_aio_write_nolock+0x27f/0x493
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: [<c02fe4cd>] sock_aio_read+0xf9/0x12b
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: [<c0155627>] generic_file_aio_write+0x71/0xde
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: [<f8914736>] ext3_file_write+0x24/0x9a [ext3]
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: [<c017c068>] do_sync_write+0x9e/0xec
> Oct 31 03:24:55 rsync kernel: [<c0140512>]
> autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x37
> Oct 31 03:24:56 rsync kernel: [<c017bfca>] do_sync_write+0x0/0xec
> Oct 31 03:24:56 rsync kernel: [<c017c154>] vfs_write+0x9e/0x110
> Oct 31 03:24:56 rsync kernel: [<c017c271>] sys_write+0x41/0x6a
> Oct 31 03:24:56 rsync kernel: [<c0103a61>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
> Oct 31 03:24:56 rsync kernel: Code: ff ff c7 04 24 02 00 00 00 b9 a3 29 15
> c0 89 da e8 6c 19 22 00 83 c4 20 5b 5e 5f c3 fa 83 c0 04 e8 22 e0 0b 00 89
> c1 85 c0 74 0c <8b> 00 89 ca 66 85 c0 78 07 ff 42 04 fb 89 c8 c3 8b 51 0c eb
> f4
>
> Is it ext3 related bug, or hardware problem?
> Is there anyway I can remote reboot the machine?
>
> Please CC any reply to me as I'm subscribed, thanks.
>
Honza
--
Jan Kara <[email protected]>
SuSE CR Labs
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