got this early-bootup crash on an SMP box: BUG: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000 printing eip: c0131aec *pde = 00000000 Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP Modules linked in: CPU: 1 EIP: 0060:[<c0131aec>] Not tainted VLI EFLAGS: 00010293 (2.6.12-rc1-RT-V0.7.41-00) EIP is at rcu_advance_callbacks+0x3c/0x80 eax: 00000000 ebx: c050f280 ecx: c12191e0 edx: 00000000 esi: cfd2e560 edi: cfd2e4e0 ebp: cfd31dd0 esp: cfd31dc8 ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 preempt: 00000003 Process khelper (pid: 60, threadinfo=cfd30000 task=cfd106a0) Stack: 00000001 c12191e0 cfd31de4 c0131b67 00000001 cfd2e4d8 c13004d8 cfd31e00 c017e449 cfd2e4d8 c04d6e80 cfd32006 fffffffe cfd31e54 cfd31e70 c01749cc cfd2e4d8 cfd31e50 cfd31e4c 00000001 cfd32001 cfd2e4d8 c03dd41f c04cf920 Call Trace: [<c010412f>] show_stack+0x7f/0xa0 (28) [<c01042da>] show_registers+0x16a/0x1e0 (56) [<c0104511>] die+0x101/0x190 (64) [<c0115862>] do_page_fault+0x442/0x680 (216) [<c0103d9b>] error_code+0x2b/0x30 (68) [<c0131b67>] call_rcu+0x37/0x70 (20) [<c017e449>] dput+0x139/0x210 (28) [<c01749cc>] __link_path_walk+0x9fc/0xf80 (112) [<c0174f9a>] link_path_walk+0x4a/0x130 (100) [<c017538e>] path_lookup+0x9e/0x1c0 (32) [<c01707e8>] open_exec+0x28/0x100 (100) [<c0171a04>] do_execve+0x44/0x220 (36) [<c0101da2>] sys_execve+0x42/0xa0 (36) [<c0103315>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb (-8096) --------------------------- | preempt count: 00000004 ] | 4-level deep critical section nesting: ---------------------------------------- .. [<c0131b4f>] .... call_rcu+0x1f/0x70 .....[<c017e449>] .. ( <= dput+0x139/0x210) .. [<c0131ac3>] .... rcu_advance_callbacks+0x13/0x80 .....[<c0131b67>] .. ( <= call_rcu+0x37/0x70) .. [<c03dddca>] .... _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x1a/0xa0 .....[<c010444f>] .. ( <= die+0x3f/0x190) .. [<c013b9e6>] .... print_traces+0x16/0x50 .....[<c010412f>] .. ( <= show_stack+0x7f/0xa0)
Code: 00 00 e8 78 2d 0a 00 8b 0c 85 20 20 51 c0 bb 80 f2 50 c0 01 d9 f0 83 44 24 00 00 a1 88 19 52 c0 39 41 40 74 23 8b 41 44 8b 51 50 <89> 02 8b 41 48 c7 41 44 00 00 00 00 89 41 50 8d 41 44 89 41 48 <6>note: khelper[60] exited with preempt_count 2 (gdb) list *0xc0131aec 0xc0131aec is in rcu_advance_callbacks (kernel/rcupdate.c:558). 553 struct rcu_data *rdp; 554 555 rdp = &get_cpu_var(rcu_data); 556 smp_mb(); /* prevent sampling batch # before list removal. */ 557 if (rdp->batch != rcu_ctrlblk.batch) { 558 *rdp->donetail = rdp->waitlist; 559 rdp->donetail = rdp->waittail; 560 rdp->waitlist = NULL; 561 rdp->waittail = &rdp->waitlist; 562 rdp->batch = rcu_ctrlblk.batch; (gdb) - 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/