From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030286AbWADUyz (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jan 2006 15:54:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030288AbWADUyy (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jan 2006 15:54:54 -0500 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:61962 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1030286AbWADUyy (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jan 2006 15:54:54 -0500 Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 21:54:52 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Larry Finger Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: BUG: spinlockup in kacpid of 2.6.15-rc6 during boot Message-ID: <20060104205452.GU3831@stusta.de> References: <43B8B2EB.8010709@lwfinger.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43B8B2EB.8010709@lwfinger.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jan 01, 2006 at 10:58:19PM -0600, Larry Finger wrote: > I am getting an intermittent "BUG: spinlockup on CPU #0, kacpid/13, > e3bcef9c" message when booting. I know it occurs from a cold boot, but am > not sure about from a warm reboot. > > I don't know where in the boot sequence it occurs as I only have the text > display on the screen, which is as follows: You can set a higher resolution using the vga= boot parameter (see Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt in the kernel sources). > ...... unknown material that rolled off the top of the screen > _spinlock + 0x1b/0x30 > exit_io_context + 0x25/0x90 > do_exit + 0x54/0x430 > die + 0x17c/0x180 > do_page_fault + 0x209/0x62e > error_code + 0x4f/0x54 > show_stack + 0x9c/0x0e > show_registers + 0x18f/0x230 > die + 0xfa/0x180 > do_page_fault + 0x209/0x62e > BUG: spinlockup on CPU #0, kacpid/13, e3bcef9c > dump_stack + 0x1e/0x20 > __spin_lock_debug + 0xb6/0xf0 > _raw_spin_lock + 0x67/0x90 > _spinlock + 0x1b/0x30 > exit_io_context + 0x25/0x90 > do_exit + 0x54/0x430 > die + 0x17c/0x180 > do_page_fault + 0x209/0x62e > error_code + 0x4f/0x54 > show_stack + 0x9c/0x0e > show_registers + 0x18f/0x230 > die + 0xfa/0x180 > do_page_fault + 0x209/0x62e > > The computer is an HP ze1115 notebook with a mobile K7 processor. The > beginning lines of a normal dmesg are: > > Linux version 2.6.15-rc6 (root@linux) (gcc version 4.0.2 20050901 > (prerelease) (SUSE Linux)) #4 PREEMPT >... IOW, 2.6.15-rc6 does sometimes boot, and sometimes it doesn't boot? Can you give information regarding which kernel versions are affected and which aren't, and what influences whether 2.6.15-rc6 does boot or does not boot? TIA Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed