Hi all, I have been running 2.4.0 for 8 days with no problem. Then standard RedHat cron job (slocate.cron) generated an oops: ==================================================================================== ksymoops 2.3.4 on i686 2.4.0. Options used -v /usr/src/linux/vmlinux (specified) -k /proc/ksyms (default) -l /proc/modules (default) -o /lib/modules/2.4.0/ (default) -m /usr/src/linux/System.map (specified) Jan 15 04:02:06 cs865114-a kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 4029e934 Jan 15 04:02:06 cs865114-a kernel: c0136f40 Jan 15 04:02:06 cs865114-a kernel: *pde = 03ede067 Jan 15 04:02:06 cs865114-a kernel: Oops: 0000 Jan 15 04:02:06 cs865114-a kernel: CPU: 0 Jan 15 04:02:07 cs865114-a kernel: EIP: 0010:[sys_newlstat+48/112] Jan 15 04:02:07 cs865114-a kernel: EFLAGS: 00010206 Jan 15 04:02:07 cs865114-a kernel: eax: 4029e900 ebx: c543bfa4 ecx: c9e2f920 edx: cebc98c0 Jan 15 04:02:07 cs865114-a kernel: esi: 00000000 edi: 080662cc ebp: bffffae4 esp: c543bf9c Jan 15 04:02:07 cs865114-a kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Jan 15 04:02:07 cs865114-a kernel: Process slocate (pid: 22482, stackpage=c543b000) Jan 15 04:02:07 cs865114-a kernel: Stack: c543a000 080662d4 cebc98c0 cff36d40 00000008 bffff25c bffff24c 00000008 Jan 15 04:02:07 cs865114-a kernel: 00000001 c0108d63 080662cc bffffaa4 0805dbc0 080662d4 080662cc bffffae4 Jan 15 04:02:07 cs865114-a kernel: 0000006b 0000002b 0000002b 0000006b 400b21fd 00000023 00000202 bffffa88 Jan 15 04:02:07 cs865114-a kernel: Call Trace: [system_call+51/56] Jan 15 04:02:07 cs865114-a kernel: Code: 8b 40 34 85 c0 74 0a 52 ff d0 89 c6 83 c4 04 eb 02 31 f6 85 Using defaults from ksymoops -t elf32-i386 -a i386 Code; 00000000 Before first symbol 00000000 <_EIP>: Code; 00000000 Before first symbol 0: 8b 40 34 mov 0x34(%eax),%eax Code; 00000003 Before first symbol 3: 85 c0 test %eax,%eax Code; 00000005 Before first symbol 5: 74 0a je 11 <_EIP+0x11> 00000011 Before first symbol Code; 00000007 Before first symbol 7: 52 push %edx Code; 00000008 Before first symbol 8: ff d0 call *%eax Code; 0000000a Before first symbol a: 89 c6 mov %eax,%esi Code; 0000000c Before first symbol c: 83 c4 04 add $0x4,%esp Code; 0000000f Before first symbol f: eb 02 jmp 13 <_EIP+0x13> 00000013 Before first symbol Code; 00000011 Before first symbol 11: 31 f6 xor %esi,%esi Code; 00000013 Before first symbol 13: 85 00 test %eax,(%eax) =============================================================================== I tried to figure out what was the proble, and it looks like some sort of filesystem corruption in /dev/ida subdir. When I did 'ls /dev/ida' I somewhat similar oops: =============================================================================== ksymoops 2.3.4 on i686 2.4.0. Options used -v /usr/src/linux/vmlinux (specified) -k /proc/ksyms (default) -l /proc/modules (default) -o /lib/modules/2.4.0/ (default) -m /usr/src/linux/System.map (specified) Jan 15 06:30:21 cs865114-a kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 4029e934 Jan 15 06:30:21 cs865114-a kernel: c01372c0 Jan 15 06:30:21 cs865114-a kernel: *pde = 03151067 Jan 15 06:30:21 cs865114-a kernel: Oops: 0000 Jan 15 06:30:21 cs865114-a kernel: CPU: 0 Jan 15 06:30:21 cs865114-a kernel: EIP: 0010:[sys_lstat64+48/112] Jan 15 06:30:21 cs865114-a kernel: EFLAGS: 00010206 Jan 15 06:30:21 cs865114-a kernel: eax: 4029e900 ebx: c1e17fa4 ecx: c9e2f920 edx: cebc98c0 Jan 15 06:30:21 cs865114-a kernel: esi: 00000000 edi: bffff8cc ebp: bffff8b4 esp: c1e17f9c Jan 15 06:30:21 cs865114-a kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Jan 15 06:30:21 cs865114-a kernel: Process ls (pid: 22596, stackpage=c1e17000) Jan 15 06:30:21 cs865114-a kernel: Stack: c1e16000 40107bec cebc98c0 cff36d40 00000003 bffff46c bffff45c 00000008 Jan 15 06:30:21 cs865114-a kernel: 00000001 c0108d63 bffff8cc 4013de70 40104420 40107bec bffff8cc bffff8b4 Jan 15 06:30:21 cs865114-a kernel: 000000c4 0000002b 0000002b 000000c4 400b66ac 00000023 00000212 bffff858 Jan 15 06:30:21 cs865114-a kernel: Call Trace: [system_call+51/56] Jan 15 06:30:21 cs865114-a kernel: Code: 8b 40 34 85 c0 74 0a 52 ff d0 89 c6 83 c4 04 eb 02 31 f6 85 Using defaults from ksymoops -t elf32-i386 -a i386 Code; 00000000 Before first symbol 00000000 <_EIP>: Code; 00000000 Before first symbol 0: 8b 40 34 mov 0x34(%eax),%eax Code; 00000003 Before first symbol 3: 85 c0 test %eax,%eax Code; 00000005 Before first symbol 5: 74 0a je 11 <_EIP+0x11> 00000011 Before first symbol Code; 00000007 Before first symbol 7: 52 push %edx Code; 00000008 Before first symbol 8: ff d0 call *%eax Code; 0000000a Before first symbol a: 89 c6 mov %eax,%esi Code; 0000000c Before first symbol c: 83 c4 04 add $0x4,%esp Code; 0000000f Before first symbol f: eb 02 jmp 13 <_EIP+0x13> 00000013 Before first symbol Code; 00000011 Before first symbol 11: 31 f6 xor %esi,%esi Code; 00000013 Before first symbol 13: 85 00 test %eax,(%eax) ======================================================================================== any ideas/suggestions ?? - 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/