From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750796AbWGLTIa (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:08:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750808AbWGLTIa (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:08:30 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:55985 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750796AbWGLTI3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:08:29 -0400 Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:08:25 -0400 From: Dave Jones To: Paul Paquette Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: oops during rsync Message-ID: <20060712190825.GH14453@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Paul Paquette , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <44B5452B.4070503@bowes.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44B5452B.4070503@bowes.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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