Bug#462424: linux-image-2.6.23-1-686: Kernel oops in ext3_clear_inode
Package: linux-image-2.6.23-1-686
Version: 2.6.23-2
Severity: important
For several months (I think ever since I switched from 2.6.17 to
2.6.18 -- prior to that it was rock solid), I've been getting fairly
regular Oops in ext3_clear_inode, after which the entire system
becomes wedged (ping works, ssh and login do not). The oopses usually
happen at 3-4 in the morning, when I'm mirroring an ubuntu repository
for use in our lab. Load is typically high (over 4) during this
period, and the disk (4 SATA drives under software raid 5) is very
busy.
The oops looks like so:
Jan 24 03:57:07 peyresourde kernel: BUG: unable to handle kernel
paging request at virtual address ffffffef
Jan 24 03:57:07 peyresourde kernel: printing eip:
Jan 24 03:57:07 peyresourde kernel: f8cd3035
Jan 24 03:57:07 peyresourde kernel: *pde = 00004067
Jan 24 03:57:07 peyresourde kernel: *pte = 00000000
Jan 24 03:57:07 peyresourde kernel: Oops: 0002 [#1]
Jan 24 03:57:07 peyresourde kernel: SMP
Jan 24 03:57:07 peyresourde kernel: Modules linked in: des cbc blkcipher binfmt_misc openafs(P) sit tunnel4 ipv6 rpcsec_gss_krb5 nfs ipt_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv4 xt_state nf_conntrack nfnetlink
xt_tcpudp iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables quota_v2 nfsd exportfs lockd nfs_acl auth_rpcgss sunrpc eeprom lm85 hwmon_vid ide_generic button i2c_i801 tpm_infineon tpm tpm_bios iTCO_wdt i2c_core snd_hda_intel parport_pc parport intel_agp agpgart sky2 snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore snd_page_alloc rtc pcspkr evdev tsdev ext3 jbd mbcache dm_mirror dm_snapshot dm_mod raid456 async_xor async_memcpy async_tx xor sd_mod ide_cd cdrom ata_piix usbhid hid ata_generic libata scsi_mod piix generic ide_core uhci_hcd ehci_hcd usbcore floppy thermal processor fan raid1 md_mod
Jan 24 03:57:07 peyresourde kernel: CPU: 1
Jan 24 03:57:07 peyresourde kernel: EIP: 0060:[<f8cd3035>] Tainted: P VLI
Jan 24 03:57:07 peyresourde kernel: EFLAGS: 00010287 (2.6.23-1-686 #1)
Jan 24 03:57:07 peyresourde kernel: EIP is at ext3_clear_inode+0x1a/0x76 [ext3]
Jan 24 03:57:07 peyresourde kernel: eax: c0025874 ebx: c00257dc ecx: f7069dc0 edx: ffffffef
Jan 24 03:57:07 peyresourde kernel: esi: c0025874 edi: 00000000 ebp: f7853f00 esp: f7853ec8
Jan 24 03:57:07 peyresourde kernel: ds: 007b es: 007b fs: 00d8 gs: 0000 ss: 0068
Jan 24 03:57:07 peyresourde kernel: Process kswapd0 (pid: 202, ti=f7852000 task=f78481b0 task.ti=f7852000)
Please let me know if you need further information.
Thanks!
-- Package-specific info:
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.23-1-686 depends on:
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initr 0.91d tools for generating an initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre11-4 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
linux-image-2.6.23-1-686 recommends no packages.
-- debconf information:
linux-image-2.6.23-1-686/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.23-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.23-1-686/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.23-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.23-1-686/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.23-1-686:
linux-image-2.6.23-1-686/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.23-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.23-1-686/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.23-1-686:
linux-image-2.6.23-1-686/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.23-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.23-1-686/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.23-1-686: false
linux-image-2.6.23-1-686/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.23-1-686: true
shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
linux-image-2.6.23-1-686/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.23-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.23-1-686/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.23-1-686:
linux-image-2.6.23-1-686/preinst/initrd-2.6.23-1-686:
linux-image-2.6.23-1-686/preinst/abort-install-2.6.23-1-686:
linux-image-2.6.23-1-686/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.23-1-686: false
linux-image-2.6.23-1-686/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.23-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.23-1-686/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.23-1-686/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.23-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.23-1-686/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.23-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.23-1-686/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.23-1-686: true
linux-image-2.6.23-1-686/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.23-1-686:
linux-image-2.6.23-1-686/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.23-1-686:
linux-image-2.6.23-1-686/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
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