[1.] Intermittent tainted-mem error in mingetty in cached_lookup() in tty open code [2.] During bootup, mingetty got a tainted memory bug in cached_lookup() while doing some tty opening stuff; this has only happened once, and I don't know how to reproduce. [3.] tty [4.] Linux version 2.4.5-ac9 (root@kyoko) (gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-81)) #2 Tue Jun 12 22:05:32 PDT 2001 [5.] kernel BUG at slab.c:1244! invalid operand: 0000 CPU: 0 EIP: 0010:[kmalloc+324/496] EFLAGS: 00010086 eax: 0000001b ebx: c1447768 ecx: 00000001 edx: 00001810 esi: cea5a000 edi: cea5a9aa ebp: 00012800 esp: cebffe24 ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Process mingetty (pid: 903, stackpage=cebff000) Stack: c02233ef 000004dc cea5a000 00001000 cea5a9aa 00000246 cfeecd88 c01393f0 cfb72e04 cebffe80 c02cfdc0 00000405 00000004 00000000 c017bf0d 00000c3c 00000007 00000004 c017cb85 00000004 00000004 00000000 00000000 cfeecd87 Call Trace: [cached_lookup+16/80] [alloc_tty_struct+13/48] [init_dev+133/1008] [vfs_follow_link+225/336] [tty_open+331/896] [path_walk+1778/2048] [do_page_fault+0/1168] [do_page_fault+378/1168] [devfs_open+198/416] [dentry_open+195/320] [filp_open+77/96] [getname+91/160] [sys_open+54/176] [system_call+51/56] Code: 0f 0b 58 8b 6b 10 5a 81 e5 00 04 00 00 74 4d b8 a5 c2 0f 17 Jun 13 18:29:49 kyoko kernel: Linux version 2.4.5-ac9 (root@kyoko) (gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-81)) #2 Tue Jun 12 22:05:32 PDT 2001 [6.] [7.] Using devfs mingetty version 0.9.4-10 [7.1] # sh scripts/ver_linux Linux kyoko 2.4.5-ac9 #2 Tue Jun 12 22:05:32 PDT 2001 i686 unknown Gnu C 2.96 Gnu make 3.79.1 binutils 2.10.91.0.2 util-linux 2.11e mount 2.9w modutils 2.4.2 e2fsprogs 1.19 reiserfsprogs 3.x.0b pcmcia-cs 3.0.14 PPP 2.3.7 Linux C Library 2.2.2 Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.2.2 Linux C++ Library 2.. Procps 2.0.7 Net-tools 1.60 Console-tools 1999.03.02 Sh-utils 2.0 Modules Loaded ipt_REJECT ipt_state ipt_LOG ipt_unclean iptable_mangle iptable_filter ip_nat_ftp ip_conntrack_ftp iptable_nat tulip es1371 soundcore ac97_codec vfat fat sr_mod cdrom [7.2] # cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 6 model name : Celeron (Mendocino) stepping : 5 cpu MHz : 498.888 cache size : 128 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_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 fxsr bogomips : 996.14 [7.3] # cat /proc/modules ipt_REJECT 3104 3 (autoclean) ipt_state 848 2 (autoclean) ipt_LOG 3568 14 (autoclean) ipt_unclean 6912 2 (autoclean) iptable_mangle 1968 0 (autoclean) (unused) iptable_filter 1968 0 (autoclean) (unused) ip_nat_ftp 3712 0 (unused) ip_conntrack_ftp 3968 0 [ip_nat_ftp] iptable_nat 20512 1 [ip_nat_ftp] tulip 38816 1 (autoclean) es1371 26800 0 soundcore 4080 4 [es1371] ac97_codec 8672 0 [es1371] vfat 9232 0 (unused) fat 31264 0 [vfat] sr_mod 12656 0 (autoclean) (unused) cdrom 28256 0 (autoclean) [sr_mod] [7.4] # cat /proc/ioports 0000-001f : dma1 0020-003f : pic1 0040-005f : timer 0060-006f : keyboard 0070-007f : rtc 0080-008f : dma page reg 00a0-00bf : pic2 00c0-00df : dma2 00f0-00ff : fpu 0170-0177 : ide1 01f0-01f7 : ide0 02f8-02ff : serial(auto) 0376-0376 : ide1 03c0-03df : vga+ 03f6-03f6 : ide0 03f8-03ff : serial(auto) 0400-043f : Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI 0440-045f : Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI 0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1 d000-dfff : PCI Bus #01 d800-d8ff : ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X e800-e8ff : Lite-On Communications Inc LNE100TX e800-e8ff : tulip ef00-ef3f : Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] ef00-ef3f : es1371 ef80-ef9f : Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 USB ffa0-ffaf : Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 IDE ffa0-ffa7 : ide0 ffa8-ffaf : ide1 # cat /proc/iomem 00000000-0009fbff : System RAM 0009fc00-0009ffff : reserved 000a0000-000bffff : Video RAM area 000c0000-000c7fff : Video ROM 000f0000-000fffff : System ROM 00100000-0ffdffff : System RAM 00100000-0021b055 : Kernel code 0021b056-0027217f : Kernel data 0ffe0000-0fff7fff : ACPI Tables 0fff8000-0fffffff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage f4800000-f48fffff : PCI Bus #01 f8000000-fbffffff : Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX Host bridge fca00000-feafffff : PCI Bus #01 fd000000-fdffffff : ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X feaff000-feafffff : ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X febffc00-febffcff : Lite-On Communications Inc LNE100TX febffc00-febffcff : tulip fec00000-fec00fff : reserved fee00000-fee00fff : reserved fff80000-ffffffff : reserved [7.5] # lspci -vvv 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX Host bridge (rev 03) Subsystem: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 7190 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 64 set Region 0: Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 1.0 Status: RQ=31 SBA+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x1,x2 Command: RQ=0 SBA- AGP- 64bit- FW- Rate=x1 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX AGP bridge (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 64 set Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64 I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff Memory behind bridge: fca00000-feafffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f4800000-f48fffff BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA+ MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B+ 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 0 set 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) (prog-if 80 [Master]) Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 64 set Region 4: I/O ports at ffa0 [size=16] 00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 64 set Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 10 Region 4: I/O ports at ef80 [size=32] 00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02) Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Interrupt: pin ? routed to IRQ 9 00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] (rev 04) Subsystem: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 4249 Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 12 min, 128 max, 64 set Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 9 Region 0: I/O ports at ef00 [size=64] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1 Flags: PMEClk- AuxPwr+ DSI+ D1- D2+ PME+ Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- 00:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Lite-On Communications Inc LNE100TX (rev 20) Subsystem: Netgear FA310TX Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 64 set Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5 Region 0: I/O ports at e800 [size=256] Region 1: Memory at febffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Expansion ROM at feb80000 [disabled] [size=256K] 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X (rev 5c) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 0084 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop+ ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 8 min, 64 set, cache line size 08 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11 Region 0: Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Region 1: I/O ports at d800 [size=256] Region 2: Memory at feaff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Expansion ROM at feac0000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [50] AGP version 1.0 Status: RQ=255 SBA+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x1,x2 Command: RQ=0 SBA- AGP- 64bit- FW- Rate=<none> [7.6] # cat /proc/scsi/scsi Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: PLEXTOR Model: CD-R PX-W8432T Rev: 1.07 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 - 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