Re: Random GCC segfaults -- Was: [2.6.16] slab error inslab_destroy_objs(): cache `radix_tree_node'...

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Tue Mar 28 2006 - 03:38:42 EST


Paolo Ornati <ornati@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 21:53:46 +0200
> Paolo Ornati <ornati@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > PS: I've got another "gcc segfault" trying to build Qt again after a
> > reboot but I don't think this is a memory problem (actually I have
> > a memory problem (single bit error) but it should be cured with
> > memmap=1K$214014K ;).
>
> I've got others NON reproducible gcc segfaults, usually compiling some
> huge CPP source.

If those errors had no corresponding kernel messages then what you have is
a classic symptom of failing memory hardware. Suggest you grab memtest86,
run it for 24 hours.

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