Re: HP Proliant ML350 kernel panic

[Marcelo Tosatti]

Hi Mark,

Sorry for the long delay...

On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 02:11:31PM +0200, Mark Hamilton wrote:
> I'm running RH9.0 with a 2.4.26 kernel on an HP Proliant ML350 server.
> This is one of 3 identical machines, the other 2 servers are live
> without any problems, so far.
> 
> The kernel panic is intermittent. This particular instance occurred at
> boot time, but it will reoccur randomly while the machine is up and
> under various load conditions. I've been unable to trigger the panic.

Couple of questions

Is it always the same oops / Do you have other oopses saved ? 

Can you run the oopses through ksymoops ? 

Is the hardware exactly the same in the three boxes ?


> =========
> The Panic
> =========
> 
> 
> Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000001
> 
> *pde = 00000000
> Oops = 0000
> CPU: 0
> EIP: 0010:[<00000001>] Not tainted
> EFLAGS: 00010282
> eax: f779e900 ebx: 00000001 ecx: f779e900 edx: f779e900
> esi: 00000000 edi: 00001875 edp: f67c5a18 esp: f67bbda0
> ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018
> Process  (pid: 0, stackpage=f67bb000)
> Stack:  00000000 00000000 00000000 f67c5a28 c02b7380 00000000 f7fad880 00000000
> 	00000000 00000000 c02b77f8 c02b77f8 c02b78f8 00000002 f67edb80 c013ecb5
> 	4001c000 c1a85e40 f6906a80 f67edc80 4001c000 f67ba000 c02b77f8 c02b78f4
> Call Trace: [<c013ecb5>][<c0136e15>][<c012bd75>][<c012be21>][<c011f9b8>]
> 
> Code: Bad EIP value.
>  <0> kernel panic: Attempted to kill the idle task!
> In idle task - not syncing.


> ======================
> % sh scripts/ver_linux
> ======================
> 
> Linux b900700.co.za 2.4.26 #1 SMP Thu Jun 24 04:35:03 SAST 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>  
> Gnu C                  3.2.2
> Gnu make               3.79.1
> util-linux             2.11y
> mount                  2.11y
> modutils               2.4.22
> e2fsprogs              1.32
> jfsutils               1.0.17
> reiserfsprogs          3.6.4
> pcmcia-cs              3.1.31
> quota-tools            3.06.
> PPP                    2.4.1
> Linux C Library        2.3.2
> Dynamic linker (ldd)   2.3.2
> Procps                 2.0.11
> Net-tools              1.60
> Kbd                    1.08
> Sh-utils               4.5.3
> Modules Loaded         vga16fb fbcon-vga-planes parport_pc lp parport tg3 ide-scsi ide-cd cdrom dm-mod lvm-mod keybdev mousedev input hid usb-ohci usbcore ext3 jbd cciss aic7xxx sd_mod scsi_mod

> =====================
> % cat /proc/cpuinfo
> =====================
> 
> 
> processor	: 0
> vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
> cpu family	: 15
> model		: 2
> model name	: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz
> stepping	: 9
> cpu MHz		: 2392.328
> cache size	: 512 KB
> fdiv_bug	: no
> hlt_bug		: no
> f00f_bug	: no
> coma_bug	: no
> fpu		: yes
> fpu_exception	: yes
> cpuid level	: 2
> wp		: yes
> flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe cid
> bogomips	: 4771.02
> 
> processor	: 1
> vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
> cpu family	: 15
> model		: 2
> model name	: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz
> stepping	: 9
> cpu MHz		: 2392.328
> cache size	: 512 KB
> fdiv_bug	: no
> hlt_bug		: no
> f00f_bug	: no
> coma_bug	: no
> fpu		: yes
> fpu_exception	: yes
> cpuid level	: 2
> wp		: yes
> flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe cid
> bogomips	: 4784.12
> 

> =====================
> % cat /proc/modules
> =====================
> 
> 
> 
> vga16fb                11712  63
> fbcon-vga-planes        5480   0 [vga16fb]
> parport_pc             19204   1 (autoclean)
> lp                      9188   0 (autoclean)
> parport                39040   1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
> tg3                    57736   1
> ide-scsi               12336   0
> ide-cd                 35776   0 (autoclean)
> cdrom                  34176   0 (autoclean) [ide-cd]
> dm-mod                 60036   2
> lvm-mod                62784   0 (unused)
> keybdev                 3136   0 (unused)
> mousedev                5688   0 (unused)
> input                   6144   0 [keybdev mousedev]
> hid                    12476   0 (unused)
> usb-ohci               22184   0 (unused)
> usbcore                82560   1 [hid usb-ohci]
> ext3                   74468   3
> jbd                    56656   3 [ext3]
> cciss                  59264   4
> aic7xxx               165296   0 (unused)
> sd_mod                 13356   0 (unused)
> scsi_mod              111320   3 [ide-scsi cciss aic7xxx sd_mod]



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