From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 16:09:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 16:08:59 -0400 Received: from adonis.lbl.gov ([128.3.5.144]:41737 "EHLO adonis.lbl.gov") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 7 Aug 2001 16:08:48 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: oops with 2.4.8-pre5 From: Alex Romosan Date: 07 Aug 2001 13:08:52 -0700 Message-ID: <87bslrfx9n.fsf@adonis.lbl.gov> User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org i got the following oops with kernel 2.4.8-pre5. i was just logged in remotely, reading email with gnus and maybe i had just run dselect (debian package installer): ksymoops 2.4.1 on i686 2.4.8-pre5. Options used -V (default) -k /proc/ksyms (default) -l /proc/modules (default) -o /lib/modules/2.4.8-pre5/ (default) -m /boot/System.map-2.4.8-pre5 (specified) Aug 7 12:47:26 caliban kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000001c Aug 7 12:47:26 caliban kernel: c01311c9 Aug 7 12:47:26 caliban kernel: *pde = 00000000 Aug 7 12:47:26 caliban kernel: Oops: 0000 Aug 7 12:47:26 caliban kernel: CPU: 0 Aug 7 12:47:26 caliban kernel: EIP: 0010:[sync_old_buffers+41/76] Aug 7 12:47:26 caliban kernel: EFLAGS: 00010286 Aug 7 12:47:26 caliban kernel: eax: 0009c42b ebx: cff20000 ecx: 00000200 edx: 00000000 Aug 7 12:47:26 caliban kernel: esi: c0259357 edi: cff2023b ebp: 0008e000 esp: cff21fe0 Aug 7 12:47:26 caliban kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Aug 7 12:47:26 caliban kernel: Process kupdated (pid: 7, stackpage=cff21000) Aug 7 12:47:26 caliban kernel: Stack: c0131425 00010f00 cff39fb0 c02e34a8 c0105454 c02e34a8 00000078 c02d1fc0 Aug 7 12:47:26 caliban kernel: Call Trace: [kupdate+205/208] [kernel_thread+40/56] Aug 7 12:47:26 caliban kernel: Code: 2b 42 1c 79 e2 89 f6 81 3d 80 4f 2c c0 80 4f 2c c0 74 0d 68 Using defaults from ksymoops -t elf32-i386 -a i386 Code; 00000000 Before first symbol 00000000 <_EIP>: Code; 00000000 Before first symbol 0: 2b 42 1c sub 0x1c(%edx),%eax Code; 00000003 Before first symbol 3: 79 e2 jns ffffffe7 <_EIP+0xffffffe7> ffffffe7 Code; 00000005 Before first symbol 5: 89 f6 mov %esi,%esi Code; 00000007 Before first symbol 7: 81 3d 80 4f 2c c0 80 cmpl $0xc02c4f80,0xc02c4f80 Code; 0000000e Before first symbol e: 4f 2c c0 Code; 00000011 Before first symbol 11: 74 0d je 20 <_EIP+0x20> 00000020 Before first symbol Code; 00000013 Before first symbol 13: 68 00 00 00 00 push $0x0 --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. |