Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 21 Jan 2002 10:15:56 -0800 (PST) | From | Vasu Vuppala <> | Subject | Re: random oops crashes |
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Forgot to mention (since it is occuring in the networking code), the two machines we tested had different NIC cards (8139too, etherexpress pro); so it may not be the drivers either.
Thanks.
- vasu
--- Vasu Vuppala <vasu_vuppala@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Our firewall has been crashing a lot recently; it had > been working fine for months. We replaced it with another > machine but the problem remains. So it is definitely not a hardware > issue. The crashes are very random. The machine would run > for weeks without any crash but then will crash 10-15 > times in a day. > > ksymoops indicates that the crash always occurs at > the same function (_free_pages) and instruction > (lock decl 0x14(%ecx)). ksymoops output is attached. > > The machine has minimal software on it. It only runs: > sshd, crond, klogd, mingetty, syslogd, apart from kernel > daemons and init. It uses iptables for NAT. > > Info about the machine: > Distribution: Red Hat 7.1 > Kernel: 2.4.2-2smp > > The two PCs that were used: Dell Dimension L667r, and DigiLink. > Processor: Pentium III > Memory: 128MB > > Can anyone tell us what the problem is. > Plese let me know if you need more information. > > Thank you. > > - vasu > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! > http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/> ksymoops 2.4.0 on i686 2.4.2-2smp. Options used > -V (default) > -k /proc/ksyms (default) > -l /proc/modules (default) > -o /lib/modules/2.4.2-2smp/ (default) > -m /boot/System.map-2.4.2-2smp (default) > > Warning: You did not tell me where to find symbol information. I > will > assume that the log matches the kernel and modules that are running > right now and I'll use the default options above for symbol > resolution. > If the current kernel and/or modules do not match the log, you can > get > more accurate output by telling me the kernel version and where to > find > map, modules, ksyms etc. ksymoops -h explains the options. > > Warning (compare_maps): ksyms_base symbol > __VERSIONED_SYMBOL(shmem_file_setup) not found in System.map. > Ignoring ksyms_base entry > Warning (compare_maps): mismatch on symbol partition_name , > ksyms_base says c01bba60, System.map says c015d2a0. Ignoring > ksyms_base entry > Warning (compare_maps): mismatch on symbol usb_devfs_handle , > usbcore says c882ec60, > /lib/modules/2.4.2-2smp/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o says c882e780. > Ignoring /lib/modules/2.4.2-2smp/kernel/drivers/usb/usbcore.o > entry > Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address d70f589b > c0133c32 > Oops: 0002 > CPU: 0 > EIP: 0010:[<c0133c32>] > Using defaults from ksymoops -t elf32-i386 -a i386 > EFLAGS: 00010202 > eax: d70f5887 ebx: 00000001 ecx: d70f5887 edx: 00000000 > esi: c1397bc0 edi: c4d36980 ebp: c4d36880 esp: c0293ccc > ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 > Process swapper (pid: 0, stackpage=c0293000) > Stack: c01c49fe c4d36980 c1397bc0 c01c5025 c1397bc0 00000060 > c1397bc0 c425fc00 > 00000000 c7dffc20 c01c8738 c1397bc0 00000002 0000003c > c1397bc0 c7dffc20 > c01cc696 c0292000 0000003c c1397bc0 c7dffc20 c01cc716 > c1397bc0 c425fc00 > Call Trace: [<c01c49fe>] [<c01c5025>] [<c01c8738>] [<c01cc696>] > [<c01cc716>] [<c > 01dce20>] [<c01cea2e>] > [<c01dcecb>] [<c01dce20>] [<c01ced33>] [<c01dce20>] > [<c01ced6a>] [<c01da3 > [<c8845740>] [<c01da427>] [<c01ced6a>] [<c01da348>] > [<c01da3b0>] [<c01d94 > [<c01d9350>] [<c01ced6a>] [<c01f62f4>] [<c01c8a2c>] > [<c01d9196>] [<c01d93 > [<c01c8ebb>] [<c010aa1e>] [<c011d51b>] [<c010ac65>] > [<c0107290>] [<c01072 > [<c0107290>] [<c01072bc>] [<c0107342>] [<c0105000>] > [<c01001cf>] > Code: f0 ff 49 14 0f 94 c0 84 c0 74 07 89 c8 e9 9c f5 ff ff c3 8d > > >>EIP; c0133c32 <__free_pages+2/20> <===== > Trace; c01c49fe <skb_release_data+4e/80> > Trace; c01c5025 <skb_linearize+c5/130> > Trace; c01c8738 <dev_queue_xmit+a8/2b0> > Trace; c01cc696 <neigh_resolve_output+f6/1f0> > Trace; c01cc716 <neigh_resolve_output+176/1f0> > Code; c0133c32 <__free_pages+2/20> > 00000000 <_EIP>: > Code; c0133c32 <__free_pages+2/20> <===== > 0: f0 ff 49 14 lock decl 0x14(%ecx) <===== > Code; c0133c36 <__free_pages+6/20> > 4: 0f 94 c0 sete %al > Code; c0133c39 <__free_pages+9/20> > 7: 84 c0 test %al,%al > Code; c0133c3b <__free_pages+b/20> > 9: 74 07 je 12 <_EIP+0x12> c0133c44 > <__free_pages+14/20> > Code; c0133c3d <__free_pages+d/20> > b: 89 c8 mov %ecx,%eax > Code; c0133c3f <__free_pages+f/20> > d: e9 9c f5 ff ff jmp fffff5ae <_EIP+0xfffff5ae> > c01331e0 <__free_pages_ok+0/380> > Code; c0133c44 <__free_pages+14/20> > 12: c3 ret > Code; c0133c45 <__free_pages+15/20> > 13: 8d 00 lea (%eax),%eax > > Kernel panic: Aiee, killing interrupt handler! > > 4 warnings issued. Results may not be reliable. >
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