Re: tty-related oops in latest kernel(s)?

From: Tero Roponen
Date: Wed May 30 2007 - 02:01:27 EST


On Wed, 30 May 2007, Pekka Enberg wrote:

> On 5/30/07, Tero Roponen <teanropo@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hmmm, I just found something interesting. In 2.6.21.3 the /sbin/init
> > gets corrupted when I watch the video!
> >
> > $ cp /sbin/init init.before
> > $ mplayer kiwi.flv
> > $ cp /sbin/init init.after
> >
> > The sha1sums are here:
> >
> > 52c8d643057619cbe137b8e69d4709ce3bdd832d init.after
> > 8efc7864a5b535a9e336fa82e9d7f112f3d956c1 init.before
> >
> > It seems that something corrupts memory somewhere...
>
> To debug this a bit further:
>
> $ od -a -t x1 -v init.after > init.after.dump
> $ od -a -t x1 -v init.before > init.before.dump
> $ diff -u init.before.dump init.after.dump | less
>
> -0011340 nul nul nul e9 f0 fe ff ff ff % < soh enq bs h 80
> - 00 00 00 e9 f0 fe ff ff ff 25 3c 01 05 08 68 80
> +0010000 y ack nul nul y ack nul nul y ack nul nul y ack nul nul
> + 79 06 00 00 79 06 00 00 79 06 00 00 79 06 00 00
> +0010020 y ack nul nul y ack nul nul y ack nul nul y ack nul nul
> + 79 06 00 00 79 06 00 00 79 06 00 00 79 06 00 00
> +0011340 y ack nul nul y ack nul nul ff % < soh enq bs h 80
> + 79 06 00 00 79 06 00 00 ff 25 3c 01 05 08 68 80
>
> The file at offset 0010000 - 0011348 is overwritten with the byte
> pattern 79 06 00 00.
>
> Do you see anything in the logs or is this a silent corruption? Did
> you see this corruption with 2.6.19 or 2.6.22-rc3?

2.6.19.2 has been very stable for me.
2.6.21.3 has this silent corruption (nothing in logs)
2.6.22-rc3 oopses when watching videos.

--
Tero Roponen
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