From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gaimboi.tmr.com (mail.tmr.com [64.65.253.246]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 90977DDD04 for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:35:15 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <48B31245.4040505@tmr.com> Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:12:53 -0400 From: Bill Davidsen MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul Collins Subject: Re: nfsd, v4: oops in find_acceptable_alias, ppc32 Linux, post-2.6.27-rc1 References: <20080802184554.GB715@fieldses.org> <87abfvm4cc.fsf@burly.wgtn.ondioline.org> <877iayy4qc.fsf@burly.wgtn.ondioline.org> <18581.40960.737792.454035@notabene.brown> <87r696l1yo.fsf@burly.wgtn.ondioline.org> <18582.32935.501672.689845@notabene.brown> <87fxpll5zq.fsf@burly.wgtn.ondioline.org> <87y73dcd60.fsf@burly.wgtn.ondioline.org> <1217860597.12535.2.camel@localhost> <87hca05ws4.fsf@burly.wgtn.ondioline.org> <20080804205908.GA29890@fieldses.org> <1217895418.7951.7.camel@localhost> <8763qg5don.fsf@burly.wgtn.ondioline.org> <1217910862.7951.22.camel@localhost> <871w145ar3.fsf@burly.wgtn.ondioline.org> In-Reply-To: <871w145ar3.fsf@burly.wgtn.ondioline.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Cc: michael@ellerman.id.au, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, nfsv4@linux-nfs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Paul Collins wrote: > Michael Ellerman writes: >> Also, how old is the machine? Any chance you're just seeing random >> memory corruption? > > It's about four years old. It was in storage for about six months and I > got it repaired a few weeks ago (display cable and inverter). The sort > of crazy crap I've been reporting certainly smacks of memory corruption. > But on the other hand, 2.6.25 (Debian's) and 2.6.26 (my own) have been > trouble-free. > While it is possible that the new kernel tickles a hardware bug and all the old ones don't, I would put my $ on the kernel being the issue. -- Bill Davidsen "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot