Fwd: Re: nasty inode leak in 2.1.125? details

fbujanic@cisnow.com
Fri, 30 Oct 98 16:23:19 +0000


Forwarded Message:
> To: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
> From: Tomasz Przygoda <tprzyg@securities.com>
> Subject: Re: nasty inode leak in 2.1.125? details
> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 10:49:50 -0500
> -----
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Hi there,

This is my system and messages:

market:~# mount
/dev/sda9 on / type ext2 (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)
/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext2 (rw)
/dev/md0 on /proj type ext2 (rw)
automount(pid371) on /auto type autofs
(rw,fd=5,pgrp=371,minproto=2,maxproto=3)

market:~# cat /proc/mounts
/dev/root / ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/root / ext2 rw 0 0
/proc /proc proc rw 0 0
/dev/sda1 /boot ext2 rw 0 0
/dev/md0 /proj ext2 rw 0 0
automount(pid371) /auto autofs rw 0 0

market:~# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/sda9 7.5G 4.0G 3.1G 56% /
/dev/sda1 20M 911K 18M 5% /boot
/dev/md0 92G 59G 32G 65% /proj

market:~# uptime
10:29am up 1 day, 20:06, 16 users, load average: 18.18, 17.40, 17.31

market:~# uname -a
Linux market.securities.com 2.1.125 #1 SMP Mon Oct 26 16:55:03 EST 1998
i686 unknown

market:~# free -t
total used free shared buffers
cached
Mem: 516588 252764 263824 128664 76456
40988
-/+ buffers/cache: 135320 381268
Swap: 516016 8268 507748
Total: 1032604 261032 771572

market:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 5
model name : Pentium II (Deschutes)
stepping : 1
cache size : 512 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
sep_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
mca cmov pat pse36 mmx osfxsr
bogomips : 331.78

processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 5
model name : Pentium II (Deschutes)
stepping : 1
cache size : 512 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
sep_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
mca cmov pat pse36 mmx osfxsr
bogomips : 331.78

Oct 28 10:07:31 market kernel: klogd 1.3-3, log source = /proc/kmsg
started.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Loaded 5823 symbols from
/boot/System.map.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.1.125.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Error seeking in /dev/kmem
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Error adding kernel module table entry.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Linux version 2.1.125
(root@betty.securities.com) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #1 SMP Mon Oct 26
16:55:03 EST 1998
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Intel MultiProcessor Specification v1.4
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Virtual Wire compatibility mode.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: OEM ID: DELL Product ID: POWEREDGE
APIC at: 0xFEE00000
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Processor #1 Pentium(tm) Pro APIC version
17
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Processor #0 Pentium(tm) Pro APIC version
17
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: I/O APIC #2 Version 17 at 0xFEC00000.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Processors: 2
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: mapped APIC to ffffe000 (fee00000)
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: mapped IOAPIC to ffffd000 (fec00000)
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Calibrating delay loop... 331.78 BogoMIPS

Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Memory: 516296k/524288k available (824k
kernel code, 416k reserved, 6460k data, 72k init)
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU
using exception 16 error reporting.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: mtrr: v1.26 (19981001) Richard Gooch
(rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: CPU1: Intel Pentium II (Deschutes)
stepping 01
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: calibrating APIC timer ...
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: ..... CPU clock speed is 332.4038 MHz.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: ..... APIC bus clock speed is 66.4806
MHz.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Booting processor 0 eip 2000
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Calibrating delay loop... 331.78 BogoMIPS

Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: OK.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: CPU0: Intel Pentium II (Deschutes)
stepping 01
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Total of 2 processors activated (663.55
BogoMIPS).
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: enabling symmetric IO mode... ...done.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: init IO_APIC IRQs
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: IO-APIC pin 0 not connected.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: number of MP IRQ sources: 16.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: number of IO-APIC registers: 16.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: testing the IO
APIC.......................
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: .... register #00: 02000000
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: ....... : physical APIC id: 02
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: .... register #01: 000F0011
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: ....... : max redirection entries:
000F
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: ....... [IO-APIC cannot route PCI
PIRQ 0-3]
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: ....... : IO APIC version: 0011
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: .... register #02: 00000000
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: ....... : arbitration: 00
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: .... IRQ redirection table:
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: NR Log Phy Mask Trig IRR Pol Stat Dest
Deli Vect:
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: 00 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 00
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: 01 000 00 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 59
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: 02 0FF 0F 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 51
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: 03 000 00 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 61
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: 04 000 00 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 69
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: 05 000 00 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 71
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: 06 000 00 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 79
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: 07 000 00 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 81
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: 08 000 00 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 89
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: 09 000 00 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 91
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: 0a 000 00 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 99
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: 0b 000 00 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 A1
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: 0c 000 00 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 A9
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: 0d 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 00
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: 0e 000 00 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 B1
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: 0f 000 00 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 B9
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: IRQ to pin mappings:
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: IRQ0 -> 2
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: IRQ1 -> 1
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: IRQ3 -> 3
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: IRQ4 -> 4
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: IRQ5 -> 5
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: IRQ6 -> 6
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: IRQ7 -> 7
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: IRQ8 -> 8
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: IRQ9 -> 9
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: IRQ10 -> 10
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: IRQ11 -> 11
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: IRQ12 -> 12
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: IRQ13 -> 13
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: IRQ14 -> 14
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: IRQ15 -> 15
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: ....................................
done.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: mtrr: your CPUs had inconsistent fixed
MTRR settings
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: mtrr: probably your BIOS does not setup
all CPUs
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at
0xf80cd
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: PCI: Using configuration type 1
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: PCI: Probing PCI hardware
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: PCI: 00:00 [8086/1237]: Passive release
enable (00)
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Swansea University Computer Society
NET3.039 for Linux 2.1
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Swansea University Computer Society
TCP/IP for NET3.037
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Starting kswapd v 1.5
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Serial driver version 4.26 with no serial
options enabled
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Real Time Clock Driver v1.09
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM
disks of 4096K size
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: FDC 0 is a National Semiconductor PC87306

Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: md driver 0.36.6 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8

Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: scsi : 0 hosts.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: scsi : detected total.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Partition check:
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block
0
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: EATA/DMA 2.0x: Copyright (C) 1994-1998
Dario Ballabio.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: EATA config options -> tc:y, lc:y, mq:16,
eh:y, rs:y, et:n.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: EATA0: 2.0C, PCI 0xf4f0, IRQ 9, BMST, SG
122, MB 64.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: EATA0: wide SCSI support enabled, max_id
16, max_lun 8.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: EATA0: SCSI channel 0 enabled, host
target ID 7.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: EATA0: SCSI channel 1 enabled, host
target ID 7.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: EATA0: SCSI channel 2 enabled, host
target ID 7.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: scsi0 : EATA/DMA 2.0x rev. 4.33.00
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: scsi : 1 host.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Vendor: DPT Model:
RAID-1 Rev: 07M0
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Type:
Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel
0, id 0, lun 0
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Vendor: DPT Model:
RAID-1 Rev: 07M0
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Type:
Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Detected scsi disk sdb at scsi0, channel
0, id 2, lun 0
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Vendor: DPT Model:
RAID-1 Rev: 07M0
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Type:
Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Detected scsi disk sdc at scsi0, channel
0, id 3, lun 0
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Vendor: DPT Model:
RAID-1 Rev: 07M0
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Type:
Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Detected scsi disk sdd at scsi0, channel
0, id 4, lun 0
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Vendor: DPT Model:
RAID-1 Rev: 07M0
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Type:
Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Detected scsi disk sde at scsi0, channel
0, id 5, lun 0
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Vendor: DELL Model: 6UW
BACKPLANE Rev: 7
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Type:
Processor ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Vendor: DPT Model:
RAID-1 Rev: 07M0
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Type:
Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Detected scsi disk sdf at scsi0, channel
1, id 1, lun 0
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Vendor: DPT Model:
RAID-1 Rev: 07M0
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Type:
Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Detected scsi disk sdg at scsi0, channel
1, id 3, lun 0
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Vendor: DELL Model: 8UWS
BACKPLANE Rev: 12
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Type:
Processor ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Vendor: DELL Model: 8UWS
BACKPLANE Rev: 12
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Type:
Processor ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: EATA0: scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0,
cmds/lun 8, sorted, tagged.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: EATA0: scsi0, channel 0, id 2, lun 0,
cmds/lun 8, sorted, tagged.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: EATA0: scsi0, channel 0, id 3, lun 0,
cmds/lun 8, sorted, tagged.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: EATA0: scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0,
cmds/lun 8, sorted, tagged.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: EATA0: scsi0, channel 0, id 5, lun 0,
cmds/lun 8, sorted, tagged.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: EATA0: scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0,
cmds/lun 2.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: EATA0: scsi0, channel 1, id 1, lun 0,
cmds/lun 8, sorted, tagged.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: EATA0: scsi0, channel 1, id 3, lun 0,
cmds/lun 8, sorted, tagged.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: EATA0: scsi0, channel 1, id 6, lun 0,
cmds/lun 2.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: EATA0: scsi0, channel 2, id 6, lun 0,
cmds/lun 2.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes.
Sectors= 17325760 [8459 MB] [8.5 GB]
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: sda: sda1 sda2 < sda5 sda6 sda7 sda8
sda9 >
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: SCSI device sdb: hdwr sector= 512 bytes.
Sectors= 34817035 [17000 MB] [17.0 GB]
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: sdb: sdb1
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: SCSI device sdc: hdwr sector= 512 bytes.
Sectors= 34817035 [17000 MB] [17.0 GB]
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: sdc: sdc1
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: SCSI device sdd: hdwr sector= 512 bytes.
Sectors= 34817035 [17000 MB] [17.0 GB]
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: sdd: sdd1
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: SCSI device sde: hdwr sector= 512 bytes.
Sectors= 34817035 [17000 MB] [17.0 GB]
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: sde: sde1
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: SCSI device sdf: hdwr sector= 512 bytes.
Sectors= 34817035 [17000 MB] [17.0 GB]
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: sdf: sdf1
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: SCSI device sdg: hdwr sector= 512 bytes.
Sectors= 34817035 [17000 MB] [17.0 GB]
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: sdg: sdg1
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: (scsi1) <Adaptec AIC-7860 Ultra SCSI host
adapter> found at PCI 11/0
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: (scsi1) Narrow Channel, SCSI ID=7, 3/255
SCBs
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: (scsi1) Downloading sequencer code... 419
instructions downloaded
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: scsi1 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x
(EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.0/3.2.4
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: <Adaptec AIC-7860 Ultra SCSI host
adapter>
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: scsi : 2 hosts.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Vendor: NEC Model: CD-ROM
DRIVE:464 Rev: 1.05
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Type:
CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: (scsi1:0:5:0) Synchronous at 10.0
Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
readonly.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: change_root: old root has d_count=4
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Trying to unmount old root ... <3>error
-16
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Change root to /initrd: error -2
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 72k freed
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Adding Swap: 129004k swap-space (priority
-1)
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Adding Swap: 129004k swap-space (priority
-2)
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Adding Swap: 129004k swap-space (priority
-3)
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: Adding Swap: 129004k swap-space (priority
-4)
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: REGISTER_DEV sdb1 to md0 done
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: REGISTER_DEV sdc1 to md0 done
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: REGISTER_DEV sdd1 to md0 done
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: REGISTER_DEV sde1 to md0 done
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: REGISTER_DEV sdf1 to md0 done
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: REGISTER_DEV sdg1 to md0 done
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: raid0 personality registered
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: raid0 : Allocating 8 bytes for hash.
Oct 28 10:07:32 market kernel: NET3: Unix domain sockets 0.16 for Linux
NET3.038.
Oct 28 10:07:34 market kernel: eepro100.c:v0.36 10/20/97 Donald Becker
linux-eepro100@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov
Oct 28 10:07:34 market kernel: Found Intel i82557 PCI Speedo at I/O
0xe860, IRQ 10.
Oct 28 10:07:34 market kernel: PCI latency timer (CFLT) is 0x42.
Oct 28 10:07:34 market kernel: eepro100.c:v0.36 10/20/97 Donald Becker
linux-eepro100@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov
Oct 28 10:07:34 market kernel: eth0: Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 at
0xe860, 00:A0:C9:9B:61:EA, IRQ 10.
Oct 28 10:07:34 market kernel: Board assembly 667280-004, Physical
connectors present: RJ45
Oct 28 10:07:34 market kernel: Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
Oct 28 10:07:34 market kernel: General self-test: passed.
Oct 28 10:07:34 market kernel: Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
Oct 28 10:07:34 market kernel: Internal registers self-test: passed.
Oct 28 10:07:34 market kernel: ROM checksum self-test: passed
(0x49caa8d6).
Oct 28 10:07:34 market kernel: Receiver lock-up workaround activated.
Oct 28 10:07:34 market kernel: Found Intel i82557 PCI Speedo at I/O
0xe8e0, IRQ 11.
Oct 28 10:07:34 market kernel: PCI latency timer (CFLT) is 0x42.
Oct 28 10:07:34 market kernel: eth1: Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 at
0xe8e0, 00:A0:C9:96:35:F5, IRQ 11.
Oct 28 10:07:34 market kernel: Board assembly 667280-003, Physical
connectors present: RJ45
Oct 28 10:07:34 market kernel: Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
Oct 28 10:07:34 market kernel: General self-test: passed.
Oct 28 10:07:34 market kernel: Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
Oct 28 10:07:34 market kernel: Internal registers self-test: passed.
Oct 28 10:07:34 market kernel: ROM checksum self-test: passed
(0x49caa8d6).
Oct 28 10:07:34 market kernel: Receiver lock-up workaround activated.
Oct 28 10:07:34 market kernel: eth0: speedo_open() irq 10.
Oct 28 10:07:34 market kernel: eth0: Done speedo_open(), status
00000090.
Oct 28 10:07:34 market kernel: eth1: speedo_open() irq 11.
Oct 28 10:07:34 market kernel: eth1: Done speedo_open(), status
00000090.
Oct 28 10:07:42 market kernel: PS/2 auxiliary pointing device detected
-- driver installed.

Below is contents of the initrd:
market:~# ls -lR /mnt/
total 5
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Oct 27 16:34 bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Oct 27 16:34 dev
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Oct 27 16:34 etc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Oct 27 16:34 lib
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 111 Oct 27 16:34 linuxrc

/mnt/bin:
total 361
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 215424 Oct 27 16:34 insmod
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 151496 Oct 27 16:34 sh

/mnt/dev:
total 0
crw------- 1 root root 4, 0 Oct 24 21:05 console
crw-r--r-- 1 root root 1, 3 Dec 31 1979 null
brw-r----- 1 root disk 1, 1 Dec 31 1979 ram
crw------- 1 root root 4, 0 Sep 2 1995 systty
crw------- 1 root tty 4, 1 Oct 27 16:34 tty1
crw------- 1 root root 4, 2 Oct 26 20:00 tty2
crw------- 1 root root 4, 3 Oct 24 17:07 tty3
crw------- 1 root root 4, 4 Oct 24 17:07 tty4

/mnt/etc:
total 0

/mnt/lib:
total 129
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 101904 Oct 26 16:59 aic7xxx.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27268 Oct 26 16:59 eata.o

market:~# ldd /mnt/bin/insmod
not a dynamic executable

market:~# /mnt/bin/insmod -V
insmod version 2.1.85
Usage:
insmod [-fkmopsvVxX] [-o name] module [[sym=value]...]

module Filename of a loadable kernel module (*.o)
-f, --force Force loading under wrong kernel version
-k, --autoclean Make module autoclean-able
-m Generate load map (so crashes can be traced)
-o NAME
--name=NAME Set internal module name to NAME
-p, --poll Poll mode; check if the module matches the kernel
-s, --syslog Report errors via syslog
-v, --verbose Verbose output
-V, --version Show version
-x Do not export externs
-X Do export externs (default)

market:~# cat /mnt/linuxrc
#!/bin/sh

echo "Loading eata module"
insmod /lib/eata.o
echo "Loading aic7xxx module"
insmod /lib/aic7xxx.o

market:~# rpm -q SysVinit
SysVinit-2.74-1

The installation is RH-5.0 based (I mean based cause I installed
updates, and additional software, specific for what we do here). I'm
able to reproduce this 100% with every 2.1.x kernel I was running here
(2.1.101, 2.1.105, 2.1.115, 2.1.125). I was running initrd boot
sequence on my UP l(P5) aptop (to load IDE modules) and it was working
fine, so I'm not sure either this happens only cause of SMP or casue the
modules are for SCSI, or just cause of some sort of magic ;)

Interesting isn't it? :)

-- Tomek,
"In theory there's no difference between theory and practice, but in
practice...."

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