Re: Kernel Linux 2.6.23.16 hangs when run updatedb

[Renato S. Yamane]

cc'd: Thomas Gleixner
cc'd: Ingo Molnar
About hrtimer comment by Alan Jenkins



Alan Jenkins wrote:
> Renato S. Yamane wrote:
> > devzero@xxxxxx wrote:
> > > Renato S. Yamane wrote:
> > > > when cron start updatedb daemon, my machine hangs. None key work, so I
> > > > need reset (press power button to restart).
> > > >
> > > > The only way to get log is runing updatedb from terminal (CTRL + ALT +
> > > > F1) and take a picture from screen:
> > > >
> > > > Up screen:
> > > > <http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/7128/01pg1.jpg>
> > > >
> > > > Down screen:
> > > > <http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/1456/02kx1.jpg>
> > > >
> > > > Call trace detail:
> > > > <http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/8233/calltracedetailsj7.jpg>
> > >
> > >
> > > looks like reiserfs issue.
> > > maybe corrupt filesystem and improper handling of the reiserfs-driver?
> > >
> > > could you try some "find /" ?
> >
> >
> > "find /" don't hangs my machine.
> > The problem is only with updatedb.
> >
> > How can I fix this? Is safe run reiserfsck?
>
>
> I think he's wrong.
>
> Looking at the call trace, the BUG happens during an interrupt.  It
> could be a coincidence that the interrupt happened during this
> particular system call.
>
> It looks like a timer callback has been corrupted / set to an invalid
> value.  The BUG is due to accessing the invalid address 61060fe0
> within enqueue_hrtimer, and the EIP (instruction pointer) is also
> equal to 61060fe0.  This would be consistent with the source code of
> enqueue_hrtimer.  It's not an obvious reiserfs issue.
>
> I don't know how to find out where this corruption is happening, but
> it's worth asking the hrtimers people.

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