[1.] One line summary of the problem:
random kswapd crashes
[2.] Full description of the problem/report:
kswapd crashes at random times without needing to do anything at all. Only
rebooting the machine "fixes" it as I find no other mechanism for
"resarting" kswapd after a crash. The kernel doesn't go into a panic, it
simply hangs the machine a short while later.
[3.] Keywords (i.e., modules, networking, kernel):
kernel - kswapd
[4.] Kernel version (from /proc/version):
Linux version 2.4.19.vwe.net (root@udder.vwe.net) (gcc version 2.96
20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-112)) #4 Sun Nov 3 16:26:15 UTC 2002
[5.] Output of Oops.. message (if applicable) with symbolic information
resolved (see Documentation/oops-tracing.txt)
ksymoops 2.4.4 on i686 2.4.19.vwe.net. Options used
-V (specified)
-k /proc/ksyms (specified)
-l /proc/modules (specified)
-o /lib/modules/2.4.19.vwe.net/ (specified)
-m /boot/System.map (specified)
No modules in ksyms, skipping objects
Warning (read_lsmod): no symbols in lsmod, is /proc/modules a valid lsmod file?
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000019
c0159b0e
*pde = 00000000
Oops: 0000
CPU: 0
EIP: 0010:[<c0159b0e>] Not tainted
Using defaults from ksymoops -t elf32-i386 -a i386
EFLAGS: 00010207
eax: 00000001 ebx: 00000000 ecx: c60ccf70 edx: 00000000
esi: c60ccf70 edi: 00000001 ebp: 00001006 esp: c12d5ef4
ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018
Process kswapd (pid: 4, stackpage=c12d5000)
Stack: 00000000 c1187978 000001d0 0000001d c0151840 c13ec200 c1187978
000001d0
c01311af c1187978 000001d0 00000000 c1187978 c0129c10 c1187978
000001d0
00000202 c12d4000 0000019a 000001d0 c02163f4 c12170b0 c5d0b240
c1217890
Call Trace: [<c0151840>] [<c01311af>] [<c0129c10>] [<c0129e32>]
[<c0129e94>]
[<c0129f25>] [<c0129f82>] [<c012a08d>] [<c0129ffc>] [<c0105000>]
[<c0106d72>]
[<c0129ffc>]
Code: f6 42 19 02 8b 5b 28 74 15 89 e0 50 52 e8 08 ff ff ff 5a 31
>>EIP; c0159b0e <journal_try_to_free_buffers+4e/90> <=====
Trace; c0151840 <ext3_releasepage+20/24>
Trace; c01311af <try_to_release_page+2f/48>
Trace; c0129c10 <shrink_cache+1f4/2f0>
Trace; c0129e32 <shrink_caches+4e/80>
Trace; c0129e94 <try_to_free_pages+30/4c>
Trace; c0129f25 <kswapd_balance_pgdat+49/94>
Trace; c0129f82 <kswapd_balance+12/28>
Trace; c012a08d <kswapd+91/ac>
Trace; c0129ffc <kswapd+0/ac>
Trace; c0105000 <_stext+0/0>
Trace; c0106d72 <kernel_thread+26/30>
Trace; c0129ffc <kswapd+0/ac>
Code; c0159b0e <journal_try_to_free_buffers+4e/90>
00000000 <_EIP>:
Code; c0159b0e <journal_try_to_free_buffers+4e/90> <=====
0: f6 42 19 02 testb $0x2,0x19(%edx) <=====
Code; c0159b12 <journal_try_to_free_buffers+52/90>
4: 8b 5b 28 mov 0x28(%ebx),%ebx
Code; c0159b15 <journal_try_to_free_buffers+55/90>
7: 74 15 je 1e <_EIP+0x1e> c0159b2c
<journal_try_to_free_buffers+6c/90>
Code; c0159b17 <journal_try_to_free_buffers+57/90>
9: 89 e0 mov %esp,%eax
Code; c0159b19 <journal_try_to_free_buffers+59/90>
b: 50 push %eax
Code; c0159b1a <journal_try_to_free_buffers+5a/90>
c: 52 push %edx
Code; c0159b1b <journal_try_to_free_buffers+5b/90>
d: e8 08 ff ff ff call ffffff1a <_EIP+0xffffff1a>
c0159a28 <__journal_try_to_free_buffer+0/98>
Code; c0159b20 <journal_try_to_free_buffers+60/90>
12: 5a pop %edx
Code; c0159b21 <journal_try_to_free_buffers+61/90>
13: 31 00 xor %eax,(%eax)
[6.] A small shell script or example program which triggers the
problem (if possible)
sorry there's none available as I don't know how to reproduce the problem
and there seems to be no pattern to when it happens.
[7.] Environment
[7.1.] Software (add the output of the ver_linux script here)
Linux udder.vwe.net 2.4.19.vwe.net #4 Sun Nov 3 16:26:15 UTC 2002 i686 unknown
Gnu C 2.96
Gnu make 3.79.1
util-linux 2.11n
mount 2.11n
modutils 2.4.14
e2fsprogs 1.27
pcmcia-cs 3.0.9
Linux C Library 2.2.5
Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.2.5
Procps 2.0.7
Net-tools 1.60
Console-tools 0.3.3
Sh-utils 2.0.11
Modules Loaded
[7.2.] Processor information (from /proc/cpuinfo):
processor : 0
vendor_id : CyrixInstead
cpu family : 6
model : 2
model name : M II 3.5x Core/Bus Clock
stepping : 8
cpu MHz : 233.871
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu de tsc msr cx8 pge cmov mmx cyrix_arr
bogomips : 466.94
[7.3.] Module information (from /proc/modules):
no kernel modules loaded as I compile in only what I need.
[7.4.] Loaded driver and hardware information (/proc/ioports, /proc/iomem)
0000-001f : dma1
0020-003f : pic1
0040-005f : timer
0060-006f : keyboard
0070-007f : rtc
0080-008f : dma page reg
00a0-00bf : pic2
00c0-00df : dma2
00f0-00ff : fpu
0170-0177 : ide1
01f0-01f7 : ide0
0376-0376 : ide1
03c0-03df : vga+
03f6-03f6 : ide0
0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1
5000-50ff : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B ACPI
d000-dfff : PCI Bus #01
e000-e00f : VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE
e000-e007 : ide0
e008-e00f : ide1
e800-e87f : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT3043 [Rhine]
e800-e87f : via-rhine
00000000-0009ffff : System RAM
000a0000-000bffff : Video RAM area
000c0000-000c7fff : Video ROM
000f0000-000fffff : System ROM
00100000-0bffffff : System RAM
00100000-001e5065 : Kernel code
001e5066-0022155f : Kernel data
e0000000-e3ffffff : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C597 [Apollo VP3]
e5000000-e5ffffff : Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA 2164W [Millennium II]
e6000000-e6003fff : Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA 2164W [Millennium II]
e7000000-e77fffff : Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA 2164W [Millennium II]
e9000000-e900007f : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT3043 [Rhine]
e9000000-e900007f : via-rhine
ffff0000-ffffffff : reserved
[7.5.] PCI information ('lspci -vvv' as root)
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598 [Apollo MVP3] (rev 04)
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR+
Latency: 16
Region 0: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 1.0
Status: RQ=7 SBA+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x1,x2
Command: RQ=0 SBA- AGP- 64bit- FW- Rate=<none>
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598/694x [Apollo
MVP3/Pro133x AGP] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: fff00000-000fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: fff00000-000fffff
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA+ VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/A/B PCI-to-ISA [Apollo
VP] (rev 41)
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. MVP3 ISA Bridge
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 0
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
(prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64
Region 4: I/O ports at e000 [size=16]
00:07.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B ACPI (rev 10)
Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT3043 [Rhine] (rev 06)
Subsystem: D-Link System Inc DFE-530TX rev A
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64 (29500ns min, 38000ns max), cache line size 08
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
Region 0: I/O ports at e800 [size=128]
Region 1: Memory at e9000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
Expansion ROM at e4000000 [disabled] [size=64K]
00:0b.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA 2164W
[Millennium II] (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Matrox Graphics, Inc.: Unknown device 0100
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop+
ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 64
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
Region 0: Memory at e5000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=16M]
Region 1: Memory at e6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Region 2: Memory at e7000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M]
Expansion ROM at e8000000 [disabled] [size=64K]
[7.6.] SCSI information (from /proc/scsi/scsi)
no scsi devices
[7.7.] Other information that might be relevant to the problem
(please look in /proc and include all information that you
think to be relevant):
couldn't think of anything else that you might need, am happy to supply
anything you request though :o)
[X.] Other notes, patches, fixes, workarounds:
only a reboot solves this
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