Got this oops (captured by kmsgdump) today. The machine was completely stuck. Phil. ksymoops 2.3.4 on i686 2.2.17. Options used -V (default) -k /proc/ksyms (default) -l /proc/modules (default) -o /lib/modules/2.2.17/ (default) -m /boot/System.map-2.2.17 (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. <1>Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000022 <1>current->tss.cr3 = 00101000, %cr3 = 00101000 <1>*pde = 00000000 <6>Oops: 0000 <6>CPU: 0 <6>EIP: 0010:[<c016988c>] Using defaults from ksymoops -t elf32-i386 -a i386 <6>EFLAGS: 00010202 <6>eax: cfd00000 ebx: 00000002 ecx: 00000000 edx: 00000000 <6>esi: 0369af3b edi: 000070a2 ebp: 00000010 esp: cfffbe8c <6>ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 <6>Process swapper (pid: 0, process nr: 1, stackpage=cfffb000) <6>Stack: 00000001 00000010 cf782ec0 00000001 00000000 00000000 cfffbf54 cfff1000 <6> c0203700 c0169ce9 c0203f70 cfffbf54 cfffbedc c0115d42 c0203f34 c0169cb0 <6> 00000001 cfffbf1c 00000000 00000000 cfffbf1c c011614d 00000000 00000001 <6>Call Trace: [<c0169ce9>] [<c0115d42>] [<c0169cb0>] [<c011614d>] [<c0111b14>] [<c0111ac6>] [<c011d451>] <6> [<c010ce39>] [<c010ce50>] [<c010b8a8>] [<c0108ac9>] [<c011d451>] [<c0106000>] [<c010ce39>] [<c010ce50>] <6> [<c01cf660>] <6>Code: 8b 43 20 89 44 24 18 8b 43 30 85 c0 0f 85 09 01 00 00 8a 43 >>EIP; c016988c <tcp_keepalive+38/19c> <===== Trace; c0169ce9 <tcp_sltimer_handler+39/80> Trace; c0115d42 <update_wall_time+12/48> Trace; c0169cb0 <tcp_sltimer_handler+0/80> Trace; c011614d <timer_bh+2d1/404> Trace; c0111b14 <do_edge_ioapic_IRQ+78/a8> Trace; c0111ac6 <do_edge_ioapic_IRQ+2a/a8> Trace; c011d451 <do_bottom_half+89/ac> Trace; c010ce39 <do_IRQ+3d/58> Trace; c010ce50 <do_IRQ+54/58> Trace; c010b8a8 <common_interrupt+18/20> Trace; c0108ac9 <cpu_idle+41/54> Trace; c011d451 <do_bottom_half+89/ac> Trace; c0106000 <get_options+0/7c> Trace; c010ce39 <do_IRQ+3d/58> Trace; c010ce50 <do_IRQ+54/58> Trace; c01cf660 <lk_lockmsg+a40/1860> Code; c016988c <tcp_keepalive+38/19c> 00000000 <_EIP>: Code; c016988c <tcp_keepalive+38/19c> <===== 0: 8b 43 20 mov 0x20(%ebx),%eax <===== Code; c016988f <tcp_keepalive+3b/19c> 3: 89 44 24 18 mov %eax,0x18(%esp,1) Code; c0169893 <tcp_keepalive+3f/19c> 7: 8b 43 30 mov 0x30(%ebx),%eax Code; c0169896 <tcp_keepalive+42/19c> a: 85 c0 test %eax,%eax Code; c0169898 <tcp_keepalive+44/19c> c: 0f 85 09 01 00 00 jne 11b <_EIP+0x11b> c01699a7 <tcp_keepalive+153/19c> Code; c016989e <tcp_keepalive+4a/19c> 12: 8a 43 00 mov 0x0(%ebx),%al <6>Aiee, killing interrupt handler <0>Kernel panic: Attempted to kill the idle task! 1 warning issued. Results may not be reliable. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/