Kernel 2.4.5 dumped on executing Ghostscript.

Kernel 2.4.5 dumped on executing Ghostscript.

[Nikunj A. Dadhania]

Hi,

I am using v2.4.5 with patch-2.4.5-rmk7 and diff-2.4.5-rmk7-np1 patches

Earlier i used v2.4.2 with patch-2.4.2-rmk2 and diff-2.4.2-rmk2-np2 patches.

And I also patched the kernel with mtd. 
I am using jffs2 on the flash. Earlier i used jffs2 with 2.4.2 with no 
problems, but since i have switched to 2.4.5 I m getting lot of  
messages like this:

jffs2_scan_empty(): Empty block at 0xXXXXXXXX end at 0xXXXXXXXX (with 0x20031985)! Marking dirty

I partitioned jffs2 using 2.4.2. Is this the reason of this warnings? 
Sometimes it gives kernel panic also during giving warnings.

The dump follows:

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jffs2_scan_empty(): Empty block at 0x017c0000 ends at 0x017c0000 (with 0x20031985)! Marking dirty
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000
pgd = c0204000
*pgd = 00000000, *pmd = 00000000
Internal error: Oops: 0
CPU: 0
pc : [<00000000>]    lr : [<c02ba578>]
sp : c01fddb0  ip : 00000007  fp : c01fde18
r10: 017ff740  r9 : c01fde54  r8 : c01e8ac4
r7 : 00000000  r6 : c032c940  r5 : 00000000  r4 : c01fdcd0
r3 : 00000000  r2 : 00000019  r1 : 00000000  r0 : 00000000
Flags: nzcv  IRQs on  FIQs on  Mode USER_26  Segment kernel
Control: C020717F  Table: C020717F  DAC: 0000001D
Process swapper (pid: 1, stackpage=c01fd000)
Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!

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Please guide me in this regard.

Thanks in advance.

regards,

Nikunj A. Dadhania

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Re: Kernel 2.4.5 dumped on executing Ghostscript.

[Russell King - ARM Linux]

On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 04:10:46PM +0530, Nikunj A. Dadhania wrote:
> Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000
> pgd = c0204000
> *pgd = 00000000, *pmd = 00000000
> Internal error: Oops: 0
> CPU: 0
> pc : [<00000000>]    lr : [<c02ba578>]
> sp : c01fddb0  ip : 00000007  fp : c01fde18
> r10: 017ff740  r9 : c01fde54  r8 : c01e8ac4
> r7 : 00000000  r6 : c032c940  r5 : 00000000  r4 : c01fdcd0
> r3 : 00000000  r2 : 00000019  r1 : 00000000  r0 : 00000000
> Flags: nzcv  IRQs on  FIQs on  Mode USER_26  Segment kernel
> Control: C020717F  Table: C020717F  DAC: 0000001D
> Process swapper (pid: 1, stackpage=c01fd000)
> Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
> 

Where's the rest of the dump?  Eg, code line, backtrace, stack, etc?
These are _vital_ to interpret what went wrong.  Also, it'd be good if
you could supply the corresponding System.map file for the exact kernel
you were running (or alternatively use ksymoops to decode the values
in [< >], or look them up yourself and post the results here).

Note that if you're sending the System.map file, the mailing list has a
limit of 40KB per message, so you may have to compress it.
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