From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262267AbVHCM55 (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Aug 2005 08:57:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262265AbVHCM55 (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Aug 2005 08:57:57 -0400 Received: from outpost.ds9a.nl ([213.244.168.210]:8851 "EHLO outpost.ds9a.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262267AbVHCM5x (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Aug 2005 08:57:53 -0400 Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 14:57:52 +0200 From: bert hubert To: Jules Colding Cc: linux-kernel Subject: Re: Segfaults in mkdir under high load. Software or hardware? Message-ID: <20050803125752.GA2912@outpost.ds9a.nl> Mail-Followup-To: bert hubert , Jules Colding , linux-kernel References: <1123071243.6758.18.camel@omc-2.omesc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1123071243.6758.18.camel@omc-2.omesc.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 02:14:03PM +0200, Jules Colding wrote: > I am experiencing segfaults in mkdir, and mkdir alone, under high load. I've seen errors like these happen, and they were kernel bugs. > [ 0.000000] Bootdata ok (command line is root=/dev/sda4 vga=0x31B video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap) > [ 0.000000] Linux version 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 (root@omc-2) (gcc version 3.4.3 20041125 (Gentoo 3.4.3-r1, ssp-3.4.3-0, pie-8.7.7)) #6 SMP Mon Jul 25 13:50:58 CEST 2005 If you reproduce with an unpatched kernel and an unpatched compiler, you are much more likely to get attention. Your problem might also just go away. Good luck! -- http://www.PowerDNS.com Open source, database driven DNS Software http://netherlabs.nl Open and Closed source services