From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754578AbXDXFCI (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:02:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754582AbXDXFCI (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:02:08 -0400 Received: from shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net ([24.71.223.10]:17422 "EHLO pd2mo3so.prod.shaw.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754578AbXDXFCH (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:02:07 -0400 Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:02:01 -0600 From: Robert Hancock Subject: Re: BUG/CRASH help - 2.6.20 (fc5) - spinlock bad magic on CPU#0, kswapd In-reply-to: To: Ian Kirk Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-id: <462D8F49.60103@shaw.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Ian Kirk wrote: > Hi, > > I just wondered if the below type of crash was a known thing, and if > there are any obvious things I can do to prevent/fix it ? > > BUG: spinlock bad magic on CPU#0, kswapd0/242 (Not tainted) > lock: c06c9380, .magic: c06c9380, .owner: > [] _raw_spin_lock+0x1a/0xd9 > [] _spin_lock_irqsave+0x9/0xd > [] __wake_up+0x18/0x43 > [] __wake_up_bit+0x2e/0x33 > [] shrink_inactive_list+0x483/0x6c9 RAM issues are a possibility for this sort of problem, tried running Memtest86+? -- Robert Hancock Saskatoon, SK, Canada To email, remove "nospam" from hancockr@nospamshaw.ca Home Page: http://www.roberthancock.com/