From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail6.bemta8.messagelabs.com (mail6.bemta8.messagelabs.com [216.82.243.55]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E27E46B0011 for ; Sun, 22 May 2011 19:43:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: by qyk30 with SMTP id 30so3735794qyk.14 for ; Sun, 22 May 2011 16:43:49 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1439534018.155162.1306035460906.JavaMail.root@zmail05.collab.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com> References: <1158989060.155090.1306033067946.JavaMail.root@zmail05.collab.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com> <1439534018.155162.1306035460906.JavaMail.root@zmail05.collab.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com> Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 08:43:49 +0900 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task! From: Minchan Kim Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: Qiannan Cui Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, Andi Kleen On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Qiannan Cui wrote: > Hi, > When I updated the kernel from 2.6.32 to 2.6.39+, the server can not boot= the 2.6.39+ kernel successfully. The console ouput showed 'Kernel panic - = not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task!' I have tried to set the kern= el parameter idle=3Dpoll in the grub file. But it failed to boot again due = to the same error. Could anyone help me to solve the problem? The full cons= ole output is attached. Thanks. > > Best Regards, > Cui > The backtrace shows alloc_pages_exact_nid but I am not sure it is a culprit as I followed the patch at that time. Cced Andi. Could you show your config? Could you test with reverting [ee85c2, mm: add alloc_pages_exact_nid()]? Maybe it can help Andy. Thanks. --=20 Kind regards, Minchan Kim -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: email@kvack.org