Re: [NFS] Kernel BUG at mm/slab.c:2380 on NFS server in nfsd (2.6.21.1)

["J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>]

On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 08:55:19AM -0500, Roger Heflin wrote:
> Running bonnie over nfs on a RHEL4.4 client against a 2.6.21.1 server
> got me this crash after about 4 hours of running on the server:
> 
> This was running lvm -> ext3 -> nfs ---- nfsclient (RHEL4.4).

Yipes.  Has this happened only once, or do you have a way to reliably
reproduce it?

Is it a new problem?  (And, if so, what changed?)

> May 15 21:10:31 vault1 kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------
> May 15 21:10:31 vault1 kernel: kernel BUG at mm/slab.c:2380!

That's the check_spinlock_acquired() in cache_alloc_refill().  What
causes that to fail?

> May 15 21:10:31 vault1 kernel: invalid opcode: 0000 [1] SMP
> May 15 21:10:31 vault1 kernel: CPU 0
> May 15 21:10:31 vault1 kernel: Modules linked in: qla2xxx nfsd exportfs 
> lockd nfs_acl sunrpc hidp l2cap bluetooth ipv6 cpufreq_ondemand jfs 
> dm_mirror dm_multipath dm_mod video sbs i2c_ec dock button battery 
> asus_acpi ac lp snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_seq_dummy 
> snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_seq_device sg snd_pcm_oss 
> floppy snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm cfi_cmdset_0002 cfi_util mtdpart snd_timer 
> jedec_probe cfi_probe gen_probe snd ck804xrom sata_nv mtdcore chipreg 
> i2c_nforce2 soundcore map_funcs libata snd_page_alloc pcspkr i2c_core 
> k8temp hwmon forcedeth ohci1394 ieee1394 parport_pc ide_cd parport cdrom 
> serio_raw scsi_transport_fc shpchp megaraid_mbox sd_mod scsi_mod 
> megaraid_mm ext3 jbd ehci_hcd ohci_hcd uhci_hcd
> May 15 21:10:31 vault1 kernel: Pid: 4256, comm: nfsd Not tainted 2.6.21.1 #1
> May 15 21:10:31 vault1 kernel: RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8025a710>] 
> [<ffffffff8025a710>] cache_alloc_refill+0xe6/0x1f3
> May 15 21:10:31 vault1 kernel: RSP: 0018:ffff81021dead6d0  EFLAGS: 00010002
> May 15 21:10:31 vault1 kernel: RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: 
> ffff81012211d960 RCX: ffff810120013040
> May 15 21:10:31 vault1 kernel: RDX: 000000000000000e RSI: 
> ffff810139020000 RDI: ffff810120013040

There wasn't a backtrace?

--b.
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