From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BiGEs-0005XE-2W for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 07 Jul 2004 10:29:46 -0700 Received: from smtp005.mail.ukl.yahoo.com ([217.12.11.36]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BiGEr-00065D-Ee for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 07 Jul 2004 10:29:45 -0700 From: BlaisorBlade Subject: Re: [uml-devel] Unable to handle kernel paging request ... References: <20040707090621.GA6094@bakunin.copyleft.de> In-Reply-To: <20040707090621.GA6094@bakunin.copyleft.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200407071929.46294.blaisorblade_spam@yahoo.it> Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 19:29:46 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: Michael Koehne , user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Alle 11:06, mercoled=EC 7 luglio 2004, Michael Koehne ha scritto: > Moin Guru's, > > i have 2.6.x host crashes, and I dont know, if they are related to > UML. I have a perfectly running 2.4.22 SKAS system on a dual PPro, > and a laptop who requires a 2.6.x kernel because of hardware. This > laptop is prepared to run UML's - but it seldom does. > But the laptop crashes about once or twice a week. This sometimes > happens on operations like `find . -print | while read x; do diff > ../foo/$x $x; done` or rsync over large directory trees. And sometimes > on idle state - e.g. tonight at crontime with a 'postmaster' crash. > I've talked to people on IRC, and they dont encounter those kind of > ext3 crashes on 2.6 kernels. I dont had a camera for a screenshot, > but dump was in ext3 area. What you mean with "ext3 crash"? "The dump was in ext3 area"? I don't=20 understand you, sorry. > So it might be something with SKAS host patch - even if the system > also crashes, if no UML is running. Well, the UML patch should have no influence, if you don't run UML on it (i= f=20 it happens after you have run UML at least once, there is still a chance > 33240033 Feb 3 06:41 linux-2.6.1.tar.bz2 > + 15570 Feb 4 02:36 host-2.6.1-skas3.patch > or 34896138 May 25 20:45 linux-2.6.6.tar.bz2 > + 16182 May 25 20:35 host-skas3-2.6.6-v1.patch Well, since you experience them so often, try compiling a vanilla kernel,=20 without the SKAS patch. Also, I'm highly suspicious of the 2.6.1 patch: it'= s=20 likely it is an old, buggy version. Is that from Stephen D. Williams,=20 distributed at this URL: http://sdw.st/src/uml/linux-2.6.1-skas3.patch? Tha= t=20 is a buggy one, known to cause crashes... the second one is safe enough=20 (though somebody experience memory leaks... as reported on=20 http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade; however, they seldom happen). --=20 Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade Linux registered user n. 292729 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 -=20 digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches,=20 unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel