kernel oops with 2.4.3-xfs

[Gerald Weber <gerald.weber@teleworld.at>]

hi,
i use kernel 2.4.3 with xfs (release 1) on a dell poweredge 2450.

it happens about every week that the system completely hangs (network
down,console does not accept
any input,sysreq useless...).
i think this has anything to do with xfs or other fs issues,because kupdated
always uses about 98% of cpu
time.i couldn't report any errors because no oops or something else was
generated until yesterday night:

ksymoops 2.4.0 on i686 2.4.3-XFS.  Options used
     -V (default)
     -k /proc/ksyms (default)
     -l /proc/modules (default)
     -o /lib/modules/2.4.3-XFS/ (default)
     -m /boot/System.map-2.4.3-XFS (default)

Warning: You did not tell me where to find symbol information.  I will
assume that the log matches the kernel and modules that are running
right now and I'll use the default options above for symbol resolution.
If the current kernel and/or modules do not match the log, you can get
more accurate output by telling me the kernel version and where to find
map, modules, ksyms etc.  ksymoops -h explains the options.

No modules in ksyms, skipping objects
Warning (read_lsmod): no symbols in lsmod, is /proc/modules a valid lsmod file?
May 23 00:43:08 twasrv1 kernel: invalid operand: 0000
May 23 00:43:08 twasrv1 kernel: CPU:    1
May 23 00:43:08 twasrv1 kernel: EIP:    0010:[do_timer+67/152]
May 23 00:43:08 twasrv1 kernel: EFLAGS: 00010002
May 23 00:43:08 twasrv1 kernel: eax: 00000020   ebx: d121dfc4   ecx: 00000086  
edx: 00000000
May 23 00:43:08 twasrv1 kernel: esi: 20000001   edi: 00000020   ebp: 00000000  
esp: d121df68
May 23 00:43:08 twasrv1 kernel: ds: 0018   es: 0018   ss: 0018
May 23 00:43:08 twasrv1 kernel: Process exp816 (pid: 15671, stackpage=d121d000)
May 23 00:43:08 twasrv1 kernel: Stack: c010b7ec d121dfc4 c033c234 c01086c1
00000000 00000000 d121dfc4 c03cc880 
May 23 00:43:08 twasrv1 kernel:        c03ad800 00000000 d121dfbc c01088a6
00000000 d121dfc4 c033c234 40572404 
May 23 00:43:08 twasrv1 kernel:        080c928c 080cf3e1 00000001 00000020
c033c234 bfffc5f4 c0107014 40572404 
May 23 00:43:08 twasrv1 kernel: Call Trace: [timer_interrupt+168/304]
[handle_IRQ_event+77/120] [do_IRQ+166/244] [ret_from_intr+0/32]
[startup_32+43/203] 
May 23 00:43:08 twasrv1 kernel: Code: c7 9d 81 3d 4c db 33 c0 4c db 33 c0 0f 94
c0 0f b6 c0 85 c0 
Using defaults from ksymoops -t elf32-i386 -a i386

Code;  00000000 Before first symbol
00000000 <_EIP>:
Code;  00000000 Before first symbol
   0:   c7 9d 81 3d 4c db 33      movl   $0xdb4cc033,0xdb4c3d81(%ebp)
Code;  00000007 Before first symbol
   7:   c0 4c db 
Code;  0000000a Before first symbol
   a:   33 c0                     xor    %eax,%eax
Code;  0000000c Before first symbol
   c:   0f 94 c0                  sete   %al
Code;  0000000f Before first symbol
   f:   0f b6 c0                  movzbl %al,%eax
Code;  00000012 Before first symbol
  12:   85 c0                     test   %eax,%eax


2 warnings issued.  Results may not be reliable.


i'm using a suse7.1 system,the kernel was compiled with gcc-2.95.3.

i'm not sure if this oops has anything to do with xfs or fs in general,but this
is the first oops i ever found
in the logfiles.

if anyone needs more information,please let me know.
the system is a production system and i need to get this thing stable.

please cc me because i'm not subscribed to the list.

regards,
gerald weber