From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hans Lambrechts Subject: Re: Happy v2.6.28 Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:42:34 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: References: <200812250853.mBP8rxrr004080@server.home.lan> <84144f020812250426x255cc00esd33f0075292b486b@mail.gmail.com> <1230548230.8603.5.camel@penberg-laptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Hans Lambrechts , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linux Netdev List To: Pekka Enberg Return-path: Received: from mailrelay012.isp.belgacom.be ([195.238.6.179]:48555 "EHLO mailrelay012.isp.belgacom.be" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753994AbYL3Hmh (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:42:37 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1230548230.8603.5.camel@penberg-laptop> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, 29 Dec 2008, Pekka Enberg wrote: > Hi Hans, > > On Thu, 2008-12-25 at 13:45 +0100, Hans Lambrechts wrote: > > > Looks like slab corruption. Can we have your .config, please? I'm > > > cc'ing netdev as the oops happens in kmem_cache_alloc() so the > > > networking code is a prime suspect of the corrupting kmem_cache_free() > > > call (although the bug might be elsewhere as well). > > Can you boot the kernel with "slub_debug slub_nomerge" passed as kernel > parameters and try to reproduce the oops, please? Maybe we can get more > information on the bug. > > Alternatively, you can do a git bisect to pinpoint the broken patch > between -rc9 and -final. > > Pekka > Hi Pekka, after the first oops I've decided to try 2.6.28 again so I could send you more information. I'm running 2.6.28 now for a few days with several restarts and no more oops. This seems a very rare to hit bug or my 6yo box is almost end of life. Hans