Hello, The script below kills powerpc. oopses get longer and more wonderful with every next 'cated' file.
/proc/<pid>/task/<pid>/pagemap seems to be the cause of oops. The important thing is that it oopses for random (that is not first in a row) process from /proc. So not every 'cat /proc/<pid>/task/<pid>/pagemap' causes an oops. I could try to bisect this but this powerpc box is iMac G3 (cpu at 400MHz) and this will take time. So any hints appreciated. Regards, Mariusz script: --------- #!/bin/bash for i in `find /proc/*/ -readable -type f`; do echo -n "cat $i > /dev/null ... "; logger -t proc_loop $i; sync; cat $i > /dev/null; echo "done"; done ---------- syslog: proc_loop: /proc/3731/task/3731/pagemap kernel: BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at fs/proc/task_mmu.c:554 kernel: in_atomic():1, irqs_disabled():0 kernel: Call Trace: kernel: [cf1cddf0] [c000840c] show_stack+0x3c/0x194 (unreliable) kernel: [cf1cde20] [c002b2ec] __might_sleep+0xf4/0x108 kernel: [cf1cde30] [c00d2d54] add_to_pagemap+0x40/0x11c kernel: [cf1cde50] [c00d2f44] pagemap_pte_range+0xa8/0x10c kernel: [cf1cde70] [c0081b30] walk_page_range+0x148/0x23c kernel: [cf1cdeb0] [c00d3104] pagemap_read+0x15c/0x244 kernel: [cf1cdef0] [c0092144] vfs_read+0xc4/0x16c kernel: [cf1cdf10] [c009261c] sys_read+0x4c/0x90 kernel: [cf1cdf40] [c001328c] ret_from_syscall+0x0/0x40 kernel: --- Exception: c01 at 0xff5a364 kernel: LR = 0x10002f60 kernel: BUG: scheduling while atomic: cat/8929/0x00000002 kernel: Call Trace: kernel: [cf1cde90] [c000840c] show_stack+0x3c/0x194 (unreliable) kernel: [cf1cdec0] [c002db24] __schedule_bug+0x64/0x78 kernel: [cf1cdee0] [c027207c] schedule+0x304/0x32c kernel: [cf1cdf40] [c0013a5c] recheck+0x0/0x28 kernel: --- Exception: c01 at 0xff5a364 kernel: LR = 0x10002f60 kernel: BUG: scheduling while atomic: cat/8929/0x00000007 kernel: Call Trace: kernel: [cf1cde90] [c000840c] show_stack+0x3c/0x194 (unreliable) kernel: [cf1cdec0] [c002db24] __schedule_bug+0x64/0x78 kernel: [cf1cdee0] [c027207c] schedule+0x304/0x32c kernel: [cf1cdf40] [c0013a5c] recheck+0x0/0x28 kernel: --- Exception: c01 at 0xff5a364 kernel: LR = 0x10002f60 kernel: BUG: scheduling while atomic: cat/8929/0x00000009 kernel: Call Trace: kernel: [cf1cde90] [c000840c] show_stack+0x3c/0x194 (unreliable) kernel: [cf1cdec0] [c002db24] __schedule_bug+0x64/0x78 kernel: [cf1cdee0] [c027207c] schedule+0x304/0x32c kernel: [cf1cdf40] [c0013a5c] recheck+0x0/0x28 kernel: --- Exception: c01 at 0xff5a364 kernel: LR = 0x10002f60 kernel: Page fault in user mode with in_atomic() = 1 mm = cf2765a0 kernel: NIP = ff0cbc8 MSR = 4000f932 kernel: Oops: Weird page fault, sig: 11 [#3] kernel: PREEMPT PowerMac kernel: Modules linked in: usbhid ide_cd_mod ohci_hcd usbcore uninorth_agp agpgart kernel: NIP: 0ff0cbc8 LR: 0ff0d398 CTR: 0ff0d2d0 kernel: REGS: cf1cdf50 TRAP: 0401 Tainted: G D (2.6.24-rc8-mm1) kernel: MSR: 4000f932 <EE,PR,FP,ME,IR,DR> CR: 28022442 XER: 00000000 kernel: TASK = cf8d74f0[8929] 'cat' THREAD: cf1cc000 kernel: GPR00: 00000001 bf93e330 48029bf0 0ffed488 10016038 28022442 00000000 0ff5a364 kernel: GPR08: 0000f932 00000000 00001032 00000000 28022442 kernel: NIP [0ff0cbc8] 0xff0cbc8 kernel: LR [0ff0d398] 0xff0d398 proc_loop: /proc/3731/task/3731/wchan kernel: Call Trace: kernel: ---[ end trace 54bd1ed4883922c9 ]--- kernel: note: cat[8929] exited with preempt_count 10 proc_loop: /proc/3731/task/3731/oom_score proc_loop: /proc/3731/task/3731/oom_adj proc_loop: /proc/3731/fdinfo/0 [... snip ...] _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev