On Thu June 7 2007 14:44:49 Eric wrote: > (Re-posted ... with some new information ... because I previously posted it > as a "reply" to the wrong thread, sorry...) > > Shortly after booting up, I get (on the root console and in dmesg): > > BUG: warning at kernel/softirq.c:138/local_bh_enable() (Tainted: P ) > [<c042b0cf>] local_bh_enable+0x45/0x92 > [<c06002bd>] cond_resched_softirq+0x2c/0x42 > [<c059adf3>] release_sock+0x4f/0x9d > [<c05c670d>] tcp_sendmsg+0x90b/0x9f9 > [<c0480872>] core_sys_select+0x1ae/0x2f3 > [<c05dec95>] inet_sendmsg+0x3b/0x45 > [<c0598731>] sock_aio_write+0xf6/0x102 > [<c05b44be>] netlink_insert+0x106/0x110 > [<c04754ee>] do_sync_write+0xc7/0x10a > [<c0436e71>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x35 > [<c0475d47>] vfs_write+0xbc/0x154 > [<c0476342>] sys_write+0x41/0x67 > [<c0404f70>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb > ======================= > > Any idea what that's all about? > > I get it once and then everything seems fine. > > I have found some more information about this in google, and what seems to > be happening is that local_bh_enable() attempts to do unfriendly things > with interrupts (not sure exactly what)... I'm wondering if this error > leaves the system in any kind of an unstable state forevermore... > > Platform: Fedora 7 as "guest" OS on VMware 6.00 on Windows XP host, 256 MB > RAM (1GB RAM on host, 256 MB allocated to guest OS, also tried it with 512 > MB allocated to guest with same result) (this has all been rock solid with > FC6) This is a known problem with the release kernel 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 a fix is in the pipe line check updates. #240982 (see my note: comment 41) ...dex ___________________________________________________________ All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
