Bug#261893: kernel-image-2.6.6-1-generic: Kernel bug at mm/slab.c:1530

2004-09-08 Thread Norbert Tretkowski
reassign 261893 gcc-3.3 thanks * Jan-Jaap van der Heijden wrote: > On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 11:36:09PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 11:33:31PM +0200, Jan-Jaap van der Heijden wrote: > > > I don't think placing a strategic printk() qualifies as a fix though :-) > > > M

Bug#261893: kernel-image-2.6.6-1-generic: Kernel bug at mm/slab.c:1530

2004-09-08 Thread Jan-Jaap van der Heijden
On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 11:36:09PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 11:33:31PM +0200, Jan-Jaap van der Heijden wrote: > > I don't think placing a strategic printk() qualifies as a fix though :-) > > Maybe GCC is to blame here. I'm using gcc 3.3.4-6sarge1.0.1 (current from

Bug#261893: kernel-image-2.6.6-1-generic: Kernel bug at mm/slab.c:1530

2004-09-01 Thread Jan-Jaap van der Heijden
Some additional information: I can make the problem disappear (!) by placing a printk() in the ext3 module init function, like this: --- super.c.orig 2004-09-01 21:21:08.0 +0200 +++ super.c 2004-09-01 22:30:54.0 +0200 @@ -2337,6 +2337,7 @@ static int __init init_ext3_fs(void) { i

Bug#261893: kernel-image-2.6.6-1-generic: Kernel bug at mm/slab.c:1530

2004-09-01 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 11:33:31PM +0200, Jan-Jaap van der Heijden wrote: > I don't think placing a strategic printk() qualifies as a fix though :-) > Maybe GCC is to blame here. I'm using gcc 3.3.4-6sarge1.0.1 (current from > testing) This indeed smells like a compiler bug > Is it safe to use

Bug#261893: kernel-image-2.6.6-1-generic: Kernel bug at mm/slab.c:1530

2004-08-31 Thread Jan-Jaap van der Heijden
I think the problem is in the ext3fs module. The oops disappears if I hack my initrd to not attempt to mount the rootfs as ext3. This is done by removing "ext3" from FSTYPES in /etc/linuxrc.conf inside the initrd. Unfortunately, if "ext2" is in /proc/filesystems, then mkinitrd will try to mount

Bug#261893: kernel-image-2.6.6-1-generic: Kernel bug at mm/slab.c:1530

2004-08-30 Thread Jan-Jaap van der Heijden
http://people.debian.org/~nobse/kernel/kernel-image-2.6.8-alpha/ They are currently sitting in incoming, and will be moved into the regular archive in a few hours. I tried again with 2.6.8-3 from this URL. The problem persists, and I can't say the backtrace improved either... dmesg | ksymoops: ks

Bug#261893: kernel-image-2.6.6-1-generic: Kernel bug at mm/slab.c:1530

2004-08-30 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 07:22:54PM +0200, Jan-Jaap van der Heijden wrote: > >http://people.debian.org/~nobse/kernel/kernel-image-2.6.8-alpha/ > > > >They are currently sitting in incoming, and will be moved into the > >regular archive in a few hours. > > > > I tried again with 2.6.8-3 from this UR

Bug#261893: kernel-image-2.6.6-1-generic: Kernel bug at mm/slab.c:1530

2004-08-27 Thread Norbert Tretkowski
* Norbert Tretkowski wrote: > * Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > Jan-Jaap van der Heijden wrote: > [...] > >> 2.6.7 doesn't lock up anymore when it hits the PCI bus. The CIA > >> issue is solved. > >> > >> But the oops is still there. Here's the trace: > > > > Hmm, the stacktrace is pretty unreadable

Bug#261893: kernel-image-2.6.6-1-generic: Kernel bug at mm/slab.c:1530

2004-08-20 Thread Jan-Jaap van der Heijden
* Jan-Jaap van der Heijden wrote: With a stock 2.6.6-1-generic kernel it crashes as soon as it initilizes the SCSI controller. Can you please try the 2.6.7 packages, and report if they fix your problem (I suppose so)? http://people.debian.org/~nobse/kernel-image-2.6.7-alpha/ 2.6.7 doesn't lock up a

Bug#261893: kernel-image-2.6.6-1-generic: Kernel bug at mm/slab.c:1530

2004-08-15 Thread Norbert Tretkowski
* Jan-Jaap van der Heijden wrote: > With a stock 2.6.6-1-generic kernel it crashes as soon as it > initilizes the SCSI controller. Can you please try the 2.6.7 packages, and report if they fix your problem (I suppose so)? http://people.debian.org/~nobse/kernel-image-2.6.7-alpha/ Norbert

Bug#261893: kernel-image-2.6.6-1-generic: Kernel bug at mm/slab.c:1530

2004-08-13 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 10:50:11PM +0200, Jan-Jaap van der Heijden wrote: > > > >hmm, we should enable CONFIG_KALLSYMS to get useful backtraces on alpha, > >I'd love to see where this oops comes from. > > > Could you enlighten me? CONFIG_KALLSYMS is set in the kernel config. > /sbin/kallsyms is abl