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From: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
To: Paul Paquette <paulp@bowes.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: oops during rsync
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:08:25 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060712190825.GH14453@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <44B5452B.4070503@bowes.com>

On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 02:53:31PM -0400, Paul Paquette wrote:
 
 > When using rsync (version 2.6.8) as a nightly backup (involving 150+ GB) 
 > from one drive to the other, occasionally (once every 3 to 4 weeks) the 
 > system goes into a state where it can be pinged, but nothing else works 
 > - console or remote.  The last time this occurred was the first time I 
 > actually got an oops (or any message regarding a problem) in my logs as 
 > they usually just stopped.  I have also had similar hangs from other 
 > software (ie. updatedb).

This may be bad memory.

 > Jul 12 02:10:26 ECMServer kernel: [710038.538070] eax: 04000000   ebx: 04000000   ecx: c134e000   edx: 00000000

04000000 could be a single bit flip, that would bypass any NULL checks.

 > kernel paging request at virtual address 04000030

and then we dereference an offset from this 'address'.

Give it a going over with memtest for a while ?

		Dave

-- 
http://www.codemonkey.org.uk

  reply	other threads:[~2006-07-12 19:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-07-12 18:53 oops during rsync Paul Paquette
2006-07-12 19:08 ` Dave Jones [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-07-13  4:43 Chuck Ebbert
2006-07-13 12:19 ` Paul Paquette

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