From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from e28smtp02.in.ibm.com (e28smtp02.in.ibm.com [59.145.155.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "e28smtp02.in.ibm.com", Issuer "Equifax" (verified OK)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 91C37B7BCB for ; Wed, 4 Nov 2009 23:38:52 +1100 (EST) Received: from d28relay03.in.ibm.com (d28relay03.in.ibm.com [9.184.220.60]) by e28smtp02.in.ibm.com (8.14.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id nA4CcjFH016292 for ; Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:08:45 +0530 Received: from d28av01.in.ibm.com (d28av01.in.ibm.com [9.184.220.63]) by d28relay03.in.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id nA4Ccjhk1855576 for ; Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:08:45 +0530 Received: from d28av01.in.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d28av01.in.ibm.com (8.14.3/8.13.1/NCO v10.0 AVout) with ESMTP id nA4CciRQ011500 for ; Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:08:45 +0530 Message-ID: <4AF175D4.7030507@in.ibm.com> Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:08:44 +0530 From: Sachin Sant MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linux/PPC Development Subject: Re: [powerpc] Next tree Nov 2 : kernel BUG at mm/mmap.c:2135! References: <20091102173845.210d1c57.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> <4AEEA279.4040106@in.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: <4AEEA279.4040106@in.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Cc: Stephen Rothwell , dwg@au1.ibm.com, linux-next@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sachin Sant wrote: > Today's next tree failed to boot on a POWER 6 box with : > > ------------[ cut here ]------------ > kernel BUG at mm/mmap.c:2135! > Oops: Exception in kernel mode, sig: 5 [#2] > SMP NR_CPUS=1024 NUMA pSeries Problem exists with today's next as well. Likely cause for this problem seems to the following commit. If i revert this patch the machine boots fine. commit a0668cdc154e54bf0c85182e0535eea237d53146 powerpc/mm: Cleanup management of kmem_caches for pagetables Thanks -Sachin > Modules linked in: ibmvscsic scsi_transport_srp scsi_tgt scsi_mod > NIP: c00000000014e30c LR: c00000000014e2f8 CTR: c00000000014db88 > REGS: c0000000db703620 TRAP: 0700 Tainted: G D > (2.6.32-rc5-autotest-next-20091102) > MSR: 8000000000029032 CR: 24022442 XER: 2000000c > TASK = c0000000db7f6fe0[76] 'init' THREAD: c0000000db700000 CPU: 1 > GPR00: 0000000000000001 c0000000db7038a0 c000000000b19900 > 0000000000000000 > GPR04: c0000000db406a40 000000000000000c c0000000fe10c370 > c000000000bb2800 > GPR08: 000000000000db40 0000000000000000 c0000000dfdc0e00 > 000000000000000c > GPR12: 0000000044022442 c000000000bb2800 00000000ffffffff > ffffffffffffffff > GPR16: 0000000008430000 00000000003c0000 c0000000db703ea0 > c0000000db569108 > GPR20: c0000000db568908 0000000000000000 c0000000db703d60 > 0000000000000000 > GPR24: 0000000000000001 0000000000040100 c0000000fe503580 > c0000000db1ac180 > GPR28: 0000000000000000 c000000000f812d0 c000000000a84f00 > 0000000000000000 > NIP [c00000000014e30c] .exit_mmap+0x190/0x1b8 > LR [c00000000014e2f8] .exit_mmap+0x17c/0x1b8 > Call Trace: > [c0000000db7038a0] [c00000000014e2f8] .exit_mmap+0x17c/0x1b8 (unreliable) > [c0000000db703950] [c0000000000916cc] .mmput+0x54/0x164 > [c0000000db7039e0] [c0000000000968d8] .exit_mm+0x17c/0x1a0 > [c0000000db703a90] [c000000000098cb8] .do_exit+0x248/0x784 > [c0000000db703b70] [c0000000000992a8] .do_group_exit+0xb4/0xe8 > [c0000000db703c00] [c0000000000aca2c] .get_signal_to_deliver+0x3ec/0x478 > [c0000000db703cf0] [c0000000000134ac] .do_signal+0x6c/0x31c > [c0000000db703e30] [c000000000008b7c] do_work+0x24/0x28 > Instruction dump: > 7c8407b4 387d0018 4800ab11 60000000 939d0008 7fe3fb78 4bfffdbd 7c7f1b79 > 4082fff4 e81b00e8 3120ffff 7c090110 <0b000000> 382100b0 e8010010 eb61ffd8 > ---[ end trace ec052ac77a8e7cb4 ]--- > Fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed! > > mm/mmap.c:2135 corresponds to : > > BUG_ON(mm->nr_ptes > (FIRST_USER_ADDRESS+PMD_SIZE-1)>>PMD_SHIFT); > -- --------------------------------- Sachin Sant IBM Linux Technology Center India Systems and Technology Labs Bangalore, India ---------------------------------