Major problem with 2.6.10 under VMWare.

[Justin Piszcz]

As I have reported yesterday, I have tried over 16-17 different kernel
compilation iterations with different options enabled and disabled.  All
of which end up with oopses such as the one below.  I booted back to
2.4.27 and then compiled 2.6.9 with the SAME options [make oldconfig
from 2.6.10] as the last revision of the 2.6.10 that was oopsing, I am
now running 2.6.9 without a single error, oops or issue.  What changed
in 2.6.10 that would cause such catastrophic problems below and in
previous e-mails?  After the oopses, many programs simply crashed with
Segmentation fault.

I also tried the following:

1) Re-installing Debian Sarge 3.1rc2 (once w/XFS)
2) Re-installing Debian Sarge 3.1rc2 (twice w/EXT2)
3) Wiped old Virtual Machine, created a new one from scratch.
   Re-installing Debian Sarge 3.1rc2 (third time w/XFS+SCSI)
   * This time used SCSI disk instead of IDE

None of the above solved the problem [each used 2.6.10].

The VMWare build is 4.5.2-8848 (latest stable)

Both .configs are attached (2.6.9 & 2.6.10)

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
00000004
 printing eip:
c016303a
*pde = 00000000
Oops: 0002 [#3]
PREEMPT
CPU:    0
EIP:    0060:[<c016303a>]    Not tainted VLI
EFLAGS: 00010286   (2.6.10)
EIP is at d_instantiate+0x3a/0x70
eax: 00000000   ebx: df4a5198   ecx: ddc84000   edx: da68434c
esi: da68433c   edi: df4a5164   ebp: dcc97780   esp: ddc85da8
ds: 007b   es: 007b   ss: 0068
Process korgac (pid: 1173, threadinfo=ddc84000 task=da7f19e0)
Stack: 00000000 da68433c 00000000 c027f008 df4a5164 da68433c ddc85e64
ddc85dd0
       00000000 00000000 da684320 ddc85de8 c023b96a ddc85dec dba9f9d0
ddc85de8
       00000001 df4a51c8 00000017 00000008 c0122fd2 dc2c1180 fc7b20d6
00000000
Call Trace:
 [<c027f008>] linvfs_mknod+0x1b8/0x410
 [<c023b96a>] xfs_dir2_lookup+0x12a/0x160
 [<c0122fd2>] in_group_p+0x42/0x80
 [<c025686a>] xfs_iaccess+0xca/0x1e0
 [<c02715af>] xfs_access+0x4f/0x60
 [<c026d2bc>] xfs_dir_lookup_int+0x4c/0x130
 [<c0158332>] permission+0x52/0x60
 [<c0159cb7>] vfs_create+0x87/0xd0
 [<c015a4b6>] open_namei+0x5b6/0x610
 [<c014a5ee>] filp_open+0x3e/0x70
 [<c014a7e9>] get_unused_fd+0x39/0xe0
 [<c014a959>] sys_open+0x49/0x90
 [<c01024ff>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
Code: 74 24 04 8d 5f 34 8b 74 24 14 39 5f 34 74 08 0f 0b 09 03 ac 24 3d
c0 b9 00 e0 ff ff 21 e1 ff 41 14 85 f6 74 12 8b 46 10 8d 56 10 <89> 58
04 89 47 34 89 53 04 89 5e 10 89 77 08 ff 49 14 8b 41 08
 <6>note: korgac[1173] exited with preempt_count 1
scheduling while atomic: korgac/0x00000001/1173
 [<c03bb532>] schedule+0x532/0x540
 [<c013af63>] unmap_page_range+0x53/0x80
 [<c013b146>] unmap_vmas+0x1b6/0x1d0
 [<c013f7fd>] exit_mmap+0x7d/0x160
 [<c0112b37>] mmput+0x37/0xa0
 [<c0116dd7>] do_exit+0x167/0x3d0
 [<c01036bb>] die+0x18b/0x190
 [<c0114d47>] printk+0x17/0x20
 [<c010fda4>] do_page_fault+0x244/0x5de
 [<c0256ae9>] xfs_ichgtime+0x119/0x11b
 [<c0164e1a>] igrab+0x4a/0x50
 [<c0272f73>] xfs_create+0x573/0x760
 [<c010fb60>] do_page_fault+0x0/0x5de
 [<c0102f13>] error_code+0x2b/0x30
 [<c016303a>] d_instantiate+0x3a/0x70
 [<c027f008>] linvfs_mknod+0x1b8/0x410
 [<c023b96a>] xfs_dir2_lookup+0x12a/0x160
 [<c0122fd2>] in_group_p+0x42/0x80
 [<c025686a>] xfs_iaccess+0xca/0x1e0
 [<c02715af>] xfs_access+0x4f/0x60
 [<c026d2bc>] xfs_dir_lookup_int+0x4c/0x130
 [<c0158332>] permission+0x52/0x60
 [<c0159cb7>] vfs_create+0x87/0xd0
 [<c015a4b6>] open_namei+0x5b6/0x610
 [<c014a5ee>] filp_open+0x3e/0x70
 [<c014a7e9>] get_unused_fd+0x39/0xe0
 [<c014a959>] sys_open+0x49/0x90
 [<c01024ff>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
scheduling while atomic: korgac/0x00000001/1173
 [<c03bb532>] schedule+0x532/0x540
 [<c013af63>] unmap_page_range+0x53/0x80
 [<c013b146>] unmap_vmas+0x1b6/0x1d0
 [<c013f7fd>] exit_mmap+0x7d/0x160
 [<c0112b37>] mmput+0x37/0xa0
 [<c0116dd7>] do_exit+0x167/0x3d0
 [<c01036bb>] die+0x18b/0x190
 [<c0114d47>] printk+0x17/0x20
 [<c010fda4>] do_page_fault+0x244/0x5de
 [<c0256ae9>] xfs_ichgtime+0x119/0x11b
 [<c0164e1a>] igrab+0x4a/0x50
 [<c0272f73>] xfs_create+0x573/0x760
 [<c010fb60>] do_page_fault+0x0/0x5de
 [<c0102f13>] error_code+0x2b/0x30
 [<c016303a>] d_instantiate+0x3a/0x70
 [<c027f008>] linvfs_mknod+0x1b8/0x410
 [<c023b96a>] xfs_dir2_lookup+0x12a/0x160
 [<c0122fd2>] in_group_p+0x42/0x80
 [<c025686a>] xfs_iaccess+0xca/0x1e0
 [<c02715af>] xfs_access+0x4f/0x60
 [<c026d2bc>] xfs_dir_lookup_int+0x4c/0x130
 [<c0158332>] permission+0x52/0x60
 [<c0159cb7>] vfs_create+0x87/0xd0
 [<c015a4b6>] open_namei+0x5b6/0x610
 [<c014a5ee>] filp_open+0x3e/0x70
 [<c014a7e9>] get_unused_fd+0x39/0xe0
 [<c014a959>] sys_open+0x49/0x90
 [<c01024ff>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
scheduling while atomic: korgac/0x00000001/1173
 [<c03bb532>] schedule+0x532/0x540
 [<c013af63>] unmap_page_range+0x53/0x80
 [<c013b146>] unmap_vmas+0x1b6/0x1d0
 [<c013f7fd>] exit_mmap+0x7d/0x160
 [<c0112b37>] mmput+0x37/0xa0
 [<c0116dd7>] do_exit+0x167/0x3d0
 [<c01036bb>] die+0x18b/0x190
 [<c0114d47>] printk+0x17/0x20
 [<c010fda4>] do_page_fault+0x244/0x5de
 [<c0256ae9>] xfs_ichgtime+0x119/0x11b
 [<c0164e1a>] igrab+0x4a/0x50
 [<c0272f73>] xfs_create+0x573/0x760
 [<c010fb60>] do_page_fault+0x0/0x5de
 [<c0102f13>] error_code+0x2b/0x30
 [<c016303a>] d_instantiate+0x3a/0x70
 [<c027f008>] linvfs_mknod+0x1b8/0x410
 [<c023b96a>] xfs_dir2_lookup+0x12a/0x160
 [<c0122fd2>] in_group_p+0x42/0x80
 [<c025686a>] xfs_iaccess+0xca/0x1e0
 [<c02715af>] xfs_access+0x4f/0x60
 [<c026d2bc>] xfs_dir_lookup_int+0x4c/0x130
 [<c0158332>] permission+0x52/0x60
 [<c0159cb7>] vfs_create+0x87/0xd0
 [<c015a4b6>] open_namei+0x5b6/0x610
 [<c014a5ee>] filp_open+0x3e/0x70
 [<c014a7e9>] get_unused_fd+0x39/0xe0
 [<c014a959>] sys_open+0x49/0x90
 [<c01024ff>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
00000024
 printing eip:
c016d5ce
*pde = 00000000
Oops: 0000 [#4]
PREEMPT
CPU:    0
EIP:    0060:[<c016d5ce>]    Not tainted VLI
EFLAGS: 00010202   (2.6.10)
EIP is at __mark_inode_dirty+0x1e/0x1c0
eax: 00000000   ebx: 00000001   ecx: 00000001   edx: c041fd20
esi: df959ce4   edi: 0000799b   ebp: da68433c   esp: c158dde0
ds: 007b   es: 007b   ss: 0068
Process xfslogd/0 (pid: 11, threadinfo=c158c000 task=c153a580)
Stack: 00000036 0000799b 00000036 df959ce4 dfcb9814 0000799b 00000036
c026b8c5
       dfcb9814 00000000 d816b030 df959ce4 0000799b 00000036 c025591e
da68433c
       00000001 00000000 c026b4be d816b030 00000000 0000799b 00000036
00000000
Call Trace:
 [<c026b8c5>] xfs_trans_update_ail+0x55/0xf0
 [<c025591e>] xfs_iunpin+0x5e/0x70
 [<c026b4be>] xfs_trans_chunk_committed+0x17e/0x210
 [<c026b26a>] xfs_trans_committed+0x4a/0x120
 [<c025da93>] xlog_state_do_callback+0x243/0x300
 [<c025dbc3>] xlog_state_done_syncing+0x73/0xb0
 [<c025c435>] xlog_iodone+0x55/0xe0
 [<c027afed>] pagebuf_iodone_work+0x4d/0x50
 [<c0124019>] worker_thread+0x1d9/0x2a0
 [<c027afa0>] pagebuf_iodone_work+0x0/0x50
 [<c01118f0>] default_wake_function+0x0/0x20
 [<c01118f0>] default_wake_function+0x0/0x20
 [<c0123e40>] worker_thread+0x0/0x2a0
 [<c0127e9a>] kthread+0xaa/0xb0
 [<c0127df0>] kthread+0x0/0xb0
 [<c01006dd>] kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0x18
Code: 2a 12 00 59 e9 f2 f6 ff ff 90 90 90 90 55 57 56 53 83 ec 28 8b 6c
24 3c 8b 5c 24 40 8b 85 8c 00 00 00 f6 c3 03 89 44 24 24 74 0e <8b> 40
24 8b 70 0c 85 f6 0f 85 84 01 00 00 8b 85 04 01 00 00 21
 <1>Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
00000000
 printing eip:
c0162612
*pde = 00000000
Oops: 0000 [#5]
PREEMPT
CPU:    0
EIP:    0060:[<c0162612>]    Not tainted VLI
EFLAGS: 00010206   (2.6.10)
EIP is at __d_find_alias+0x22/0xb0
eax: da684204   ebx: d9158000   ecx: 00000000   edx: 00000000
esi: 00004000   edi: da684214   ebp: 00000000   esp: d9159dd8
ds: 007b   es: 007b   ss: 0068
Process kdeinit (pid: 1159, threadinfo=d9158000 task=dcca6580)
Stack: d9158000 da684204 dcc480dc 00000000 c0163240 da684204 00000001
dcc480dc
       dcc480dc d9d9ab44 d9159eb4 c027f32c da684204 dcc480dc d9159e20
00000000
       00000000 00000000 da6841e8 fffffff4 c01585c1 d9d9ab44 dcc480dc
d9159f18
Call Trace:
 [<c0163240>] d_splice_alias+0x40/0xf0
 [<c027f32c>] linvfs_lookup+0x8c/0x90
 [<c01585c1>] real_lookup+0xc1/0xf0
 [<c0158876>] do_lookup+0x96/0xb0
 [<c0158f54>] link_path_walk+0x6c4/0xd60
 [<c01622c3>] dput+0x33/0x220
 [<c015988c>] path_lookup+0x7c/0x140
 [<c0159b13>] __user_walk+0x33/0x60
 [<c015488c>] vfs_lstat+0x1c/0x60
 [<c0154fbb>] sys_lstat64+0x1b/0x40
 [<c01024ff>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
Code: 89 c8 c3 8d b6 00 00 00 00 55 31 ed 57 56 53 8b 44 24 14 8b 50 10
8d 78 10 39 fa 74 56 0f b7 70 20 81 e6 00 f0 00 00 89 f6 89 d1 <8b> 12
0f 18 02 90 81 fe 00 40 00 00 8d 59 cc 74 6d 8b 43 04 a8
 <6>note: kdeinit[1159] exited with preempt_count 1
scheduling while atomic: kdeinit/0x00000001/1159
 [<c03bb532>] schedule+0x532/0x540
 [<c013af63>] unmap_page_range+0x53/0x80
 [<c013b146>] unmap_vmas+0x1b6/0x1d0
 [<c013f7fd>] exit_mmap+0x7d/0x160
 [<c0112b37>] mmput+0x37/0xa0
 [<c0116dd7>] do_exit+0x167/0x3d0
 [<c01036bb>] die+0x18b/0x190
 [<c0114d47>] printk+0x17/0x20
 [<c010fda4>] do_page_fault+0x244/0x5de
 [<c0250b82>] xfs_iget_core+0x362/0x5e0
 [<c0250f30>] xfs_iget+0x130/0x170
 [<c010fb60>] do_page_fault+0x0/0x5de
 [<c0102f13>] error_code+0x2b/0x30
 [<c0162612>] __d_find_alias+0x22/0xb0
 [<c0163240>] d_splice_alias+0x40/0xf0
 [<c027f32c>] linvfs_lookup+0x8c/0x90
 [<c01585c1>] real_lookup+0xc1/0xf0
 [<c0158876>] do_lookup+0x96/0xb0
 [<c0158f54>] link_path_walk+0x6c4/0xd60
 [<c01622c3>] dput+0x33/0x220
 [<c015988c>] path_lookup+0x7c/0x140
 [<c0159b13>] __user_walk+0x33/0x60
 [<c015488c>] vfs_lstat+0x1c/0x60
 [<c0154fbb>] sys_lstat64+0x1b/0x40
 [<c01024ff>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb

Attachment: config-2.6.10
Description: config-2.6.10

Attachment: config-2.6.9
Description: config-2.6.9