Rolling back to the previous kernel, I got a very similar oops but with a little more detail in kern.log:
Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffffffef Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: printing eip: Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: f8cb6fe0Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: *pde = 00004067Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: *pte = 00000000 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: Oops: 0002 [#1]Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: SMP Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: Modules linked in: des cbc blkcipher binfmt_misc openafs(P) rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss nfs sit tunnel4 ipv6 ipt_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv4 xt_state nf_conntrack nfnetlink xt_tcpudp iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables quota_v2 nfsd exportfs lockd nfs_acl sunrpc eeprom lm85 hwmon_vid ide_generic i2c_i801 i2c_core sky2 iTCO_wdt rtc parport_pc parport psmouse pcspkr serio_raw snd_hda_intel snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore snd_page_alloc intel_agp agpgart evdev tsdev ext3 jbd mbcache dm_mirror dm_snapshot dm_mod raid456 xor ide_cd cdrom usbhid hid sd_mod piix ata_piix ata_generic libata scsi_mod generic ehci_hcd uhci_hcd floppy usbcore ide_core thermal processor fan raid1 md_mod Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: CPU: 1 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: EIP: 0060:[<f8cb6fe0>] Tainted: P VLI Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: EFLAGS: 00010287 (2.6.22-3-686 #1) Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: EIP is at ext3_clear_inode+0x1a/0x76 [ext3] Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: eax: c0025874 ebx: c00257dc ecx: f7bd1d40 edx: ffffffef Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: esi: c0025874 edi: 00000000 ebp: f7427f08 esp: f7427ed0 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: ds: 007b es: 007b fs: 00d8 gs: 0000 ss: 0068 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: Process kswapd0 (pid: 170, ti=f7426000 task=f784a030 task.ti=f7426000) Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: Stack: c0025874 c00259ac 00000019 c017a474 00000019 c002587c c0025874 c017a739 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: c002d68c 00000000 00000080 00000080 c017a945 00000080 c0025a64 c0ac2694 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: 000259f4 f7ffeaa0 0000009b 000000d0 c0156971 00000000 0000255e 00000ef2 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: Call Trace: Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: [<c017a474>] clear_inode+0xa2/0xf0 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: [<c017a739>] dispose_list+0x46/0xc4 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: [<c017a945>] shrink_icache_memory+0x18e/0x1b6 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: [<c0156971>] shrink_slab+0xd9/0x138 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: [<c0156cfd>] kswapd+0x296/0x3e7 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: [<c01331b9>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x35 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: [<c0156a67>] kswapd+0x0/0x3e7 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: [<c01330f2>] kthread+0x38/0x5e Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: [<c01330ba>] kthread+0x0/0x5e Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: [<c01049bf>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: ======================= Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: Code: c3 8d 90 68 ff ff ff a1 c0 99 cc f8 e9 14 fb 4a c7 57 56 89 c6 53 8d 98 68 ff ff ff 8b 53 6c 8b 7b 54 85 d2 74 1d 83 fa ff 74 18 <f0> ff 0a 0f 94 c0 84 c0 74 07 89 d0 e8 53 fa 4a c7 c7 43 6c ff Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: EIP: [<f8cb6fe0>] ext3_clear_inode+0x1a/0x76 [ext3] SS:ESP 0068:f7427ed0
ksymoops 2.4.11 on i686 2.6.22-3-686. Options used -V (default) -k /proc/ksyms (default) -l /proc/modules (default) -o /lib/modules/2.6.22-3-686/ (default) -m /boot/System.map-2.6.22-3-686 (default) Warning: You did not tell me where to find symbol information. I will assume that the log matches the kernel and modules that are running right now and I'll use the default options above for symbol resolution. If the current kernel and/or modules do not match the log, you can get more accurate output by telling me the kernel version and where to find map, modules, ksyms etc. ksymoops -h explains the options. Error (regular_file): read_ksyms stat /proc/ksyms failed No modules in ksyms, skipping objects No ksyms, skipping lsmod Jan 24 03:57:07 peyresourde kernel: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffffffef Jan 24 03:57:07 peyresourde kernel: f8cd3035 Jan 24 03:57:07 peyresourde kernel: *pde = 00004067 Jan 24 03:57:07 peyresourde kernel: Oops: 0002 [#1] Jan 24 03:57:07 peyresourde kernel: CPU: 1 Jan 24 03:57:07 peyresourde kernel: EIP: 0060:[<f8cd3035>] Tainted: P VLI Using defaults from ksymoops -t elf32-i386 -a i386 Jan 24 03:57:07 peyresourde kernel: EFLAGS: 00010287 (2.6.23-1-686 #1) Jan 24 03:57:07 peyresourde kernel: eax: c0025874 ebx: c00257dc ecx: f7069dc0 edx: ffffffef Jan 24 03:57:07 peyresourde kernel: esi: c0025874 edi: 00000000 ebp: f7853f00 esp: f7853ec8 Jan 24 03:57:07 peyresourde kernel: ds: 007b es: 007b fs: 00d8 gs: 0000 ss: 0068 Warning (Oops_read): Code line not seen, dumping what data is available >>EIP; f8cd3035 <END_OF_CODE+38901035/????> <===== >>eax; c0025874 <phys_startup_32+bff25874/c0000000> >>ebx; c00257dc <phys_startup_32+bff257dc/c0000000> >>esi; c0025874 <phys_startup_32+bff25874/c0000000> Jan 24 09:58:47 peyresourde kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x01] dfl dfl lint[0x1]) Jan 24 09:58:47 peyresourde kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x02] dfl dfl lint[0x1]) Jan 24 09:58:47 peyresourde kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: debug port 1 Jan 24 09:58:47 peyresourde kernel: lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffffffef Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: f8cb6fe0 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: *pde = 00004067 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: Oops: 0002 [#1] Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: CPU: 1 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: EIP: 0060:[<f8cb6fe0>] Tainted: P VLI Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: EFLAGS: 00010287 (2.6.22-3-686 #1) Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: eax: c0025874 ebx: c00257dc ecx: f7bd1d40 edx: ffffffef Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: esi: c0025874 edi: 00000000 ebp: f7427f08 esp: f7427ed0 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: ds: 007b es: 007b fs: 00d8 gs: 0000 ss: 0068 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: Stack: c0025874 c00259ac 00000019 c017a474 00000019 c002587c c0025874 c017a739 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: c002d68c 00000000 00000080 00000080 c017a945 00000080 c0025a64 c0ac2694 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: 000259f4 f7ffeaa0 0000009b 000000d0 c0156971 00000000 0000255e 00000ef2 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: Call Trace: Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: [<c017a474>] clear_inode+0xa2/0xf0 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: [<c017a739>] dispose_list+0x46/0xc4 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: [<c017a945>] shrink_icache_memory+0x18e/0x1b6 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: [<c0156971>] shrink_slab+0xd9/0x138 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: [<c0156cfd>] kswapd+0x296/0x3e7 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: [<c01331b9>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x35 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: [<c0156a67>] kswapd+0x0/0x3e7 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: [<c01330f2>] kthread+0x38/0x5e Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: [<c01330ba>] kthread+0x0/0x5e Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: [<c01049bf>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: Code: c3 8d 90 68 ff ff ff a1 c0 99 cc f8 e9 14 fb 4a c7 57 56 89 c6 53 8d 98 68 ff ff ff 8b 53 6c 8b 7b 54 85 d2 74 1d 83 fa ff 74 18 <f0> ff 0a 0f 94 c0 84 c0 74 07 89 d0 e8 53 fa 4a c7 c7 43 6c ff >>EIP; f8cb6fe0 <END_OF_CODE+388e4fe0/????> <===== >>eax; c0025874 <phys_startup_32+bff25874/c0000000> >>ebx; c00257dc <phys_startup_32+bff257dc/c0000000> >>esi; c0025874 <phys_startup_32+bff25874/c0000000> Trace; c017a474 <clear_inode+a2/f0> Trace; c017a739 <dispose_list+46/c4> Trace; c017a945 <shrink_icache_memory+18e/1b6> Trace; c0156971 <shrink_slab+d9/138> Trace; c0156cfd <kswapd+296/3e7> Trace; c01331b9 <autoremove_wake_function+0/35> Trace; c0156a67 <kswapd+0/3e7> Trace; c01330f2 <kthread+38/5e> Trace; c01330ba <kthread+0/5e> Trace; c01049bf <kernel_thread_helper+7/10> This architecture has variable length instructions, decoding before eip is unreliable, take these instructions with a pinch of salt. Code; f8cb6fb5 <END_OF_CODE+388e4fb5/????> 00000000 <_EIP>: Code; f8cb6fb5 <END_OF_CODE+388e4fb5/????> 0: c3 ret Code; f8cb6fb6 <END_OF_CODE+388e4fb6/????> 1: 8d 90 68 ff ff ff lea -0x98(%eax),%edx Code; f8cb6fbc <END_OF_CODE+388e4fbc/????> 7: a1 c0 99 cc f8 mov 0xf8cc99c0,%eax Code; f8cb6fc1 <END_OF_CODE+388e4fc1/????> c: e9 14 fb 4a c7 jmp c74afb25 <_EIP+0xc74afb25> Code; f8cb6fc6 <END_OF_CODE+388e4fc6/????> 11: 57 push %edi Code; f8cb6fc7 <END_OF_CODE+388e4fc7/????> 12: 56 push %esi Code; f8cb6fc8 <END_OF_CODE+388e4fc8/????> 13: 89 c6 mov %eax,%esi Code; f8cb6fca <END_OF_CODE+388e4fca/????> 15: 53 push %ebx Code; f8cb6fcb <END_OF_CODE+388e4fcb/????> 16: 8d 98 68 ff ff ff lea -0x98(%eax),%ebx Code; f8cb6fd1 <END_OF_CODE+388e4fd1/????> 1c: 8b 53 6c mov 0x6c(%ebx),%edx Code; f8cb6fd4 <END_OF_CODE+388e4fd4/????> 1f: 8b 7b 54 mov 0x54(%ebx),%edi Code; f8cb6fd7 <END_OF_CODE+388e4fd7/????> 22: 85 d2 test %edx,%edx Code; f8cb6fd9 <END_OF_CODE+388e4fd9/????> 24: 74 1d je 43 <_EIP+0x43> Code; f8cb6fdb <END_OF_CODE+388e4fdb/????> 26: 83 fa ff cmp $0xffffffff,%edx Code; f8cb6fde <END_OF_CODE+388e4fde/????> 29: 74 18 je 43 <_EIP+0x43> This decode from eip onwards should be reliable Code; f8cb6fe0 <END_OF_CODE+388e4fe0/????> 00000000 <_EIP>: Code; f8cb6fe0 <END_OF_CODE+388e4fe0/????> <===== 0: f0 ff 0a lock decl (%edx) <===== Code; f8cb6fe3 <END_OF_CODE+388e4fe3/????> 3: 0f 94 c0 sete %al Code; f8cb6fe6 <END_OF_CODE+388e4fe6/????> 6: 84 c0 test %al,%al Code; f8cb6fe8 <END_OF_CODE+388e4fe8/????> 8: 74 07 je 11 <_EIP+0x11> Code; f8cb6fea <END_OF_CODE+388e4fea/????> a: 89 d0 mov %edx,%eax Code; f8cb6fec <END_OF_CODE+388e4fec/????> c: e8 53 fa 4a c7 call c74afa64 <_EIP+0xc74afa64> Code; f8cb6ff1 <END_OF_CODE+388e4ff1/????> 11: c7 .byte 0xc7 Code; f8cb6ff2 <END_OF_CODE+388e4ff2/????> 12: 43 inc %ebx Code; f8cb6ff3 <END_OF_CODE+388e4ff3/????> 13: 6c insb (%dx),%es:(%edi) Code; f8cb6ff4 <END_OF_CODE+388e4ff4/????> 14: ff .byte 0xff Jan 26 03:35:29 peyresourde kernel: EIP: [<f8cb6fe0>] ext3_clear_inode+0x1a/0x76 [ext3] SS:ESP 0068:f7427ed0 Warning (Oops_read): Code line not seen, dumping what data is available >>EIP; f8cb6fe0 <END_OF_CODE+388e4fe0/????> <===== Jan 26 13:58:10 peyresourde kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x01] dfl dfl lint[0x1]) Jan 26 13:58:10 peyresourde kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x02] dfl dfl lint[0x1]) Jan 26 13:58:10 peyresourde kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: debug port 1 Jan 26 13:58:10 peyresourde kernel: lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions Jan 26 14:46:03 peyresourde kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x01] dfl dfl lint[0x1]) Jan 26 14:46:03 peyresourde kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x02] dfl dfl lint[0x1]) Jan 26 14:46:03 peyresourde kernel: ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: debug port 1 Jan 26 14:46:03 peyresourde kernel: lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions 3 warnings and 1 error issued. Results may not be reliable.