Hi, We have continous problem with server freezes. We are using cifs mounts on apache powered web servers with content located on Win2k3 server. Servers freeze from time to time, producing following error just before freeze:
Mar 26 21:50:37 UFR2 kernel: CIFS VFS: cifs_strtoUCS: char2uni returned -22 Mar 26 21:51:45 UFR2 last message repeated 55 times Mar 26 21:52:49 UFR2 last message repeated 30 times Mar 26 21:54:16 UFR2 last message repeated 10 times Mar 26 21:56:13 UFR2 last message repeated 20 times Mar 26 21:58:34 UFR2 last message repeated 75 times Mar 26 21:59:43 UFR2 last message repeated 30 times Mar 26 22:01:02 UFR2 last message repeated 30 times Mar 26 22:02:04 UFR2 last message repeated 30 times Mar 26 22:03:08 UFR2 last message repeated 50 times Mar 26 22:04:27 UFR2 last message repeated 10 times Mar 26 22:05:59 UFR2 last message repeated 20 times Mar 26 22:07:10 UFR2 last message repeated 20 times Mar 26 22:29:00 UFR2 last message repeated 64 times Mar 27 00:47:40 UFR2 last message repeated 15 times Mar 27 01:42:41 UFR2 last message repeated 95 times Mar 27 02:15:57 UFR2 last message repeated 90 times Mar 27 02:27:13 UFR2 last message repeated 45 times Mar 27 03:14:08 UFR2 last message repeated 95 times Mar 27 04:26:10 UFR2 last message repeated 2 times Mar 27 06:11:35 UFR2 last message repeated 45 times Mar 27 06:20:20 UFR2 last message repeated 15 times Mar 27 06:20:20 UFR2 last message repeated 12 times Mar 27 06:27:53 UFR2 kernel: BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#3! Mar 27 06:27:53 UFR2 kernel: [<c0134b57>] softlockup_tick+0x9e/0xac Mar 27 06:27:53 UFR2 kernel: [<c0121440>] update_process_times+0x3b/0x5e Mar 27 06:27:53 UFR2 kernel: [<c010d885>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x6c/0x7a Mar 27 06:27:53 UFR2 kernel: [<c01032ec>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x28/0x30 Mar 27 06:27:53 UFR2 kernel: [<c0153d75>] generic_fillattr+0x75/0xa8 Mar 27 06:27:53 UFR2 kernel: [<f8e78ed2>] cifs_getattr+0x1e/0x2b [cifs] Mar 27 06:27:53 UFR2 kernel: [<f8e78eb4>] cifs_getattr+0x0/0x2b [cifs] Mar 27 06:27:53 UFR2 kernel: [<c0153dc9>] vfs_getattr+0x21/0x30 Mar 27 06:27:53 UFR2 kernel: [<c0153e93>] vfs_fstat+0x22/0x31 Mar 27 06:27:53 UFR2 kernel: [<c015443a>] sys_fstat64+0xf/0x23 Mar 27 06:27:53 UFR2 kernel: [<c0150fc5>] sys_open+0x1a/0x1c Mar 27 06:27:53 UFR2 kernel: [<c0102820>] sysenter_past_esp+0x5d/0x81 Mar 27 06:27:53 UFR2 kernel: [<c0310033>] xdr_xcode_array2+0x307/0x506 Mar 27 06:27:53 UFR2 kernel: ======================= Mar 27 06:27:54 UFR2 kernel: BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! Mar 27 06:27:54 UFR2 kernel: [<c0134b57>] softlockup_tick+0x9e/0xac Mar 27 06:27:54 UFR2 kernel: [<c0121440>] update_process_times+0x3b/0x5e Mar 27 06:27:54 UFR2 kernel: [<c010d885>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x6c/0x7a Mar 27 06:27:54 UFR2 kernel: [<c01032ec>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x28/0x30 Mar 27 06:27:54 UFR2 kernel: [<c0153d69>] generic_fillattr+0x69/0xa8 Mar 27 06:27:54 UFR2 kernel: [<f8e78ed2>] cifs_getattr+0x1e/0x2b [cifs] Mar 27 06:27:54 UFR2 kernel: [<f8e78eb4>] cifs_getattr+0x0/0x2b [cifs] Mar 27 06:27:54 UFR2 kernel: [<c0153dc9>] vfs_getattr+0x21/0x30 Mar 27 06:27:54 UFR2 kernel: [<c0153e93>] vfs_fstat+0x22/0x31 Mar 27 06:27:54 UFR2 kernel: [<c015443a>] sys_fstat64+0xf/0x23 Mar 27 06:27:54 UFR2 kernel: [<c0150fc5>] sys_open+0x1a/0x1c Mar 27 06:27:54 UFR2 kernel: [<c0102820>] sysenter_past_esp+0x5d/0x81 Mar 27 06:27:54 UFR2 kernel: ======================= /etc/fstab \\filer\sites /mnt/filer cifs credentials=/root/domain.pass,domain=WEBDOM,port=139,rw,directio,nomapch ars,noserverino,nobrl,ui d=apache,gid=apache,iocharset=utf8,dir_mode=0755,file_mode=0755 0 0 Please advise, Valentin Zaharov System Department NetVision Ltd. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/