PROBLEM: 2.2.13 sporadic crashes

Guy McArthur (guym@arttoday.com)
Thu, 11 Nov 1999 17:16:57 -0700 (MST)


My PII / RH5.2 / kernel 2.2.13 box is experiencing sporadic crashes of an
unknown origin.

Average system uptime is about a day, they seem to occur about the time of
the heaviest load (the system is heavily used for apache 1.3.6 + mod_php3
and apache 1.3.9 +The Gimp+Perl). The kernel is a custom compile for SCSI
support and IP Aliasing. I've followed RedHat's guide for package
upgrading a 5.2 system to support the 2.2 kernel series, and all RH
updates have been applied.

Here is the syslog output of the latest
series: [question: what text from this output do I pass to ksymoops?]

Nov 11 16:32:56 cnc kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address f2e04ff0
Nov 11 16:32:56 cnc kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 07526000, %cr3 = 07526000
Nov 11 16:32:56 cnc kernel: *pde = 00000000
Nov 11 16:32:56 cnc kernel: Oops: 0002
Nov 11 16:32:56 cnc kernel: CPU: 0
Nov 11 16:32:56 cnc kernel: EIP: 0010:[kmem_cache_free+197/368]
Nov 11 16:32:56 cnc kernel: EFLAGS: 00010046
Nov 11 16:32:56 cnc kernel: eax: f2e04fe0 ebx: c7fef680 ecx: c5da1fc0 edx: f2e04fe0
Nov 11 16:32:56 cnc kernel: esi: c6991fc0 edi: 00000286 ebp: 0000003e esp: c7525c88
Nov 11 16:32:56 cnc kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018
Nov 11 16:32:56 cnc kernel: Process mingetty (pid: 19322, process nr: 20, stackpage=c7525000)
Nov 11 16:32:56 cnc kernel: Stack: c08e0500 00001000 c01239b7 c5da1cfc c1150900 c011a0f1 c7fef680 c5da1cc0
Nov 11 16:32:56 cnc kernel: c7523800 c7524000 c7525e68 c7524000 c5da1140 c012840e c08e0500 c7523800
Nov 11 16:32:56 cnc kernel: c7525db4 c7525e68 c7524000 00000000 c0128535 c6dc50c0 c7525db4 c7525e68
Nov 11 16:32:56 cnc kernel: Call Trace: [fput+23/72] [exit_mmap+205/268] [exec_mmap+58/264] [flush_old_exec+89/476] [load_elf_binary+1333/2908] [update_atime+93/100] [do_generic_file_read+1502/1516]
Nov 11 16:32:56 cnc kernel: [search_binary_handler+59/288] [do_execve+391/492] [do_execve+425/492] [sys_execve+47/92] [system_call+52/56]
Nov 11 16:32:56 cnc kernel: Code: 89 48 10 89 0b eb 9a 57 9d 53 56 68 4c c6 1d c0 e8 e2 fd ff
Nov 11 16:32:56 cnc kernel: exit_mmap: map count is 7
Nov 11 16:34:06 cnc kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 1bc38144
Nov 11 16:34:06 cnc kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 074a7000, %cr3 = 074a7000
Nov 11 16:34:06 cnc kernel: *pde = 00000000
Nov 11 16:34:06 cnc kernel: Oops: 0002
Nov 11 16:34:06 cnc kernel: CPU: 0
Nov 11 16:34:06 cnc kernel: EIP: 0010:[setup_arg_pages+96/268]
Nov 11 16:34:06 cnc kernel: EFLAGS: 00010286
Nov 11 16:34:06 cnc kernel: eax: c7fa38e0 ebx: c74a8000 ecx: c72c389c edx: 8e2c389c
Nov 11 16:34:06 cnc kernel: esi: 1bc38144 edi: bffe0000 ebp: c74a9e68 esp: c74a9cdc
Nov 11 16:34:06 cnc kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018
Nov 11 16:34:06 cnc kernel: Process login (pid: 340, process nr: 22, stackpage=c74a9000)
Nov 11 16:34:06 cnc kernel: Stack: 0001ff34 00000000 bfffff34 c0130bda 0001ff34 c74a9e68 c020758c fffffff8
Nov 11 16:34:06 cnc kernel: c74a8000 c74a9e68 c74a9dc4 c38ac770 c035d700 c012f785 0001ff34 c011b006
Nov 11 16:34:06 cnc kernel: c7fd9760 c2c62380 c2c62380 c2c62380 c74a9dc4 00000080 c76c4d7c 08049890
Nov 11 16:34:06 cnc kernel: Call Trace: [load_elf_binary+1486/2908] [update_atime+93/100] [do_generic_file_read+1502/1516] [search_binary_handler+59/288] [do_execve+391/492] [do_execve+425/492] [sys_execve+47/92]
Nov 11 16:34:06 cnc kernel: [system_call+52/56]
Nov 11 16:34:06 cnc kernel: Code: 89 06 8b 4c 24 10 81 e1 00 f0 ff ff 89 4e 04 c7 46 08 00 00

This is ver_linux's output:
-- Versions installed: (if some fields are empty or looks
-- unusual then possibly you have very old versions)
Linux cnc 2.2.13 #1 Mon Oct 25 18:43:46 MST 1999 i686 unknown
Kernel modules 2.1.121
Gnu C 2.7.2.3
Binutils 2.9.1.0.15
Linux C Library 2.0.7
Dynamic linker ldd (GNU libc) 2.0.7
Linux C++ Library 2.8.0
Procps 1.2.9
Mount 2.9
Net-tools 1.50
Kbd 0.96
Sh-utils 1.16
Modules Loaded

CPUinfo:

processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 5
model name : Pentium II (Deschutes)
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 451.027804
cache size : 512 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
sep_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx osfxsr
bogomips : 448.92

Other hardware includes an Adaptec-7890 controller and an Intel
EtherExpress Pro 10/100.

SCSI information:

Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: IBM Model: DDRS-39130D Rev: DC1B
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02

And lastly my kernel configuration file:

#
# Automatically generated by make menuconfig: don't edit
#

#
# Code maturity level options
#
# CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is not set

#
# Processor type and features
#
# CONFIG_M386 is not set
# CONFIG_M486 is not set
# CONFIG_M586 is not set
# CONFIG_M586TSC is not set
CONFIG_M686=y
CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y
CONFIG_1GB=y
# CONFIG_2GB is not set
# CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
CONFIG_MTRR=y
# CONFIG_SMP is not set

#
# Loadable module support
#
CONFIG_MODULES=y
# CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is not set
# CONFIG_KMOD is not set

#
# General setup
#
CONFIG_NET=y
CONFIG_PCI=y
# CONFIG_PCI_GOBIOS is not set
# CONFIG_PCI_GODIRECT is not set
CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
CONFIG_PCI_QUIRKS=y
CONFIG_PCI_OLD_PROC=y
# CONFIG_MCA is not set
# CONFIG_VISWS is not set
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
# CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT is not set
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y
# CONFIG_PARPORT is not set
# CONFIG_APM is not set

#
# Plug and Play support
#
CONFIG_PNP=y

#
# Block devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640_ENHANCED is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set
CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
# CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960 is not set
CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT=y
# CONFIG_PARIDE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set

#
# Networking options
#
CONFIG_PACKET=y
CONFIG_NETLINK=y
CONFIG_RTNETLINK=y
# CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV is not set
# CONFIG_FIREWALL is not set
# CONFIG_FILTER is not set
CONFIG_UNIX=y
CONFIG_INET=y
# CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set
# CONFIG_IP_ROUTER is not set
# CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_IPGRE is not set
CONFIG_IP_ALIAS=y
# CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES is not set
# CONFIG_INET_RARP is not set
CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=y
# CONFIG_IPX is not set
# CONFIG_ATALK is not set

#
# SCSI support
#
CONFIG_SCSI=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
# CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR is not set
# CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y
CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y
# CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING is not set

#
# SCSI low-level drivers
#
# CONFIG_SCSI_7000FASST is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ACARD is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA152X is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1542 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1740 is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX=y
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_TCQ_ON_BY_DEFAULT=y
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_CMDS_PER_DEVICE=8
# CONFIG_AIC7XXX_PROC_STATS is not set
CONFIG_AIC7XXX_RESET_DELAY=5
# CONFIG_SCSI_IPS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_IN2000 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_AM53C974 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_MEGARAID is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DTC3280 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_DMA is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_PIO is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_GDTH is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_GENERIC_NCR5380 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_INITIO is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_INIA100 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C406A is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C416 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SIM710 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX is not set
CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX=y
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_DEFAULT_TAGS=4
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_MAX_TAGS=32
CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_SYNC=20
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_PROFILE is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_IOMAPPED is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX_PQS_PDS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PAS16 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2000 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2220I is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_PSI240I is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FAS is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_ISP is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FC is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_SEAGATE is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_DC390T is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_T128 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_U14_34F is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_ULTRASTOR is not set

#
# Network device support
#
CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y

#
# ARCnet devices
#
# CONFIG_ARCNET is not set
CONFIG_DUMMY=m
# CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set
# CONFIG_NET_SB1000 is not set

#
# Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)
#
CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM is not set
# CONFIG_LANCE is not set
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set
# CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_RACAL is not set
CONFIG_NET_ISA=y
# CONFIG_AT1700 is not set
# CONFIG_E2100 is not set
# CONFIG_DEPCA is not set
# CONFIG_EWRK3 is not set
# CONFIG_EEXPRESS is not set
CONFIG_EEXPRESS_PRO=y
# CONFIG_FMV18X is not set
# CONFIG_HPLAN_PLUS is not set
# CONFIG_HPLAN is not set
# CONFIG_HP100 is not set
# CONFIG_NE2000 is not set
# CONFIG_SK_G16 is not set
CONFIG_NET_EISA=y
# CONFIG_PCNET32 is not set
# CONFIG_APRICOT is not set
# CONFIG_CS89x0 is not set
# CONFIG_DM9102 is not set
# CONFIG_DE4X5 is not set
# CONFIG_DEC_ELCP is not set
# CONFIG_DGRS is not set
CONFIG_EEXPRESS_PRO100=y
# CONFIG_NE2K_PCI is not set
# CONFIG_TLAN is not set
# CONFIG_VIA_RHINE is not set
# CONFIG_NET_POCKET is not set
# CONFIG_FDDI is not set
# CONFIG_PPP is not set
# CONFIG_SLIP is not set
# CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set

#
# Token ring devices
#
# CONFIG_TR is not set
# CONFIG_NET_FC is not set

#
# Wan interfaces
#
# CONFIG_HOSTESS_SV11 is not set
# CONFIG_COSA is not set
# CONFIG_SEALEVEL_4021 is not set
# CONFIG_DLCI is not set
# CONFIG_WAN_DRIVERS is not set
# CONFIG_SBNI is not set

#
# Amateur Radio support
#
# CONFIG_HAMRADIO is not set

#
# IrDA subsystem support
#
# CONFIG_IRDA is not set

#
# ISDN subsystem
#
# CONFIG_ISDN is not set

#
# Old CD-ROM drivers (not SCSI, not IDE)
#
# CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set

#
# Character devices
#
CONFIG_VT=y
CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_SERIAL=y
# CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_EXTENDED is not set
# CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256
CONFIG_MOUSE=y

#
# Mice
#
# CONFIG_ATIXL_BUSMOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_BUSMOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_MS_BUSMOUSE is not set
CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y
CONFIG_82C710_MOUSE=y
# CONFIG_PC110_PAD is not set
# CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set
# CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set
# CONFIG_NVRAM is not set
# CONFIG_RTC is not set

#
# Video For Linux
#
# CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV is not set

#
# Joystick support
#
# CONFIG_JOYSTICK is not set
# CONFIG_DTLK is not set

#
# Ftape, the floppy tape device driver
#
# CONFIG_FTAPE is not set

#
# Filesystems
#
# CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS=y
# CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_HFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_FAT_FS is not set
# CONFIG_MSDOS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_VFAT_FS is not set
CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y
CONFIG_JOLIET=y
# CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
# CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y
# CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set
CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
# CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set
# CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set

#
# Network File Systems
#
# CONFIG_CODA_FS is not set
CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
CONFIG_SUNRPC=y
CONFIG_LOCKD=y
CONFIG_SMB_FS=y
# CONFIG_NCP_FS is not set

#
# Partition Types
#
# CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL is not set
# CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION is not set
# CONFIG_SMD_DISKLABEL is not set
# CONFIG_SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION is not set
CONFIG_NLS=y

#
# Native Language Support
#
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_14 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15 is not set
# CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R is not set

#
# Console drivers
#
CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
# CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT is not set

#
# Sound
#
# CONFIG_SOUND is not set

#
# Kernel hacking
#
# CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ is not set

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