RE: Kernel BUG at mm/rmap.c:491

[Randy.Dunlap]

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Chen, Kenneth W wrote:

> Con Kolivas wrote on Wednesday, November 23, 2005 3:24 PM
> > Chen, Kenneth W writes:
> >
> > > Has people seen this BUG_ON before?  On 2.6.15-rc2, x86-64.
> > >
> > > Pid: 16500, comm: cc1 Tainted: G    B 2.6.15-rc2 #3
> > >
> > > Pid: 16651, comm: sh Tainted: G    B 2.6.15-rc2 #3
> >
> >                        ^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> > Please try to reproduce it without proprietary binary modules linked in.
>
>
> ???, I'm not using any modules at all.
>
> [albat]$ /sbin/lsmod
> Module                  Size  Used by
> [albat]$
>
>
> Also, isn't it 'P' indicate proprietary module, not 'G'?

Yes.  It's the 'B' that is tainting in this case:
TAINT_BAD_PAGE is set.

> line 159: kernel/panic.c:
>
>         snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "Tainted: %c%c%c%c%c%c",
>                 tainted & TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE ? 'P' : 'G',

-- 
~Randy
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