Re: bad pmd filemap.c, oops; 2.4.30 and 2.4.32

[Chris Stromsoe <cbs@cts.ucla.edu>]

On Sun, 15 Jan 2006, Willy TARREAU wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 02:38:51PM -0800, Chris Stromsoe wrote:
> > On Sun, 15 Jan 2006, Chris Stromsoe wrote:
> > > On Mon, 9 Jan 2006, Chris Stromsoe wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 9 Jan 2006, Roberto Nibali wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > > That is the SCSI BIOS rev.  The machine is a Dell PowerEdge 2650 
> > > > > > and that's the onboard AIC 7899.  It comes up as "BIOS Build 
> > > > > > 25309".
> > > > >
> > > > > Brain is engaged now, thanks ;). If you find time, could you maybe 
> > > > > compile a 2.4.32 kernel using following config (slightly changed 
> > > > > from yours):
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.drugphish.ch/patches/ratz/kernel/configs/config-2.4.32-chris_s
> > > >
> > > > If/when the current run with DEBUG_SLAB oopses, I'll reboot with the 
> > > > config modifications.
> > >
> > > I've been running stable with the propsed changes since the 10th. 
> > > The original config and the currently running config are both at 
> > > <http://hashbrown.cts.ucla.edu/pub/oops-200512/>.  This is the diff:
> >
> > I made a mistake.
> >
> > The machine was /not/ booted into that config.  It is running the 
> > original config from 
> > http://hashbrown.cts.ucla.edu/pub/oops-200512/config-2.4.32 with 
> > DEBUG_SLAB defined and "pci=noacpi" passed in on the command line.
> >
> > The config with HIGHIO disabled an ACPI=y has not been tested.
>
> Thanks for the precision. So logically we should expect it to break 
> sooner or later ?

It is the same .config as one that crashed before, except that it has 
DEBUG_SLAB defined.  If it does not crash, then adding pci=noacpi to the 
command fixes the problem for me.


-Chris
-
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/