Re: What does a Kernel Error 4 mean?

From: Jan Engelhardt
Date: Fri Mar 07 2008 - 10:15:23 EST



On Mar 7 2008 10:03, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote:
>> On Mar 6 2008 13:59, Marc Perkel wrote:
>>>
>>> What does a Kernel Error 4 mean? I'm getting this
>>> running 64 bit Exim. Just trying to track it down and
>>> wondering what an "Error 4" is?
>>
>> Full error message please.
>
>Interrupted system call?

No, there is also

"%s%s[%d]: segfault at %lx ip %08lx sp %08lx error %lx",

and an error code of 4 indicates PF_USER.
That is why it is *important* to provide an *exact* error message
and not just some hear-and-tell number.
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