I doubt they are related but figured it was worth mentioning last night we got soft lockups (not the divide by zero panics we've seen in the past) on a machine. Our hosting provider's KVM software didnt allow me to get the text but i got some screenshots.
http://img.skitch.com/20100914-nkskuxfcucgrigj95bqqtbids1.jpg http://img.skitch.com/20100914-xir2hce4rt1p83m9jyy9agr4dk.jpg http://img.skitch.com/20100914-tx6nuuf86sp552u118m1uebcd.jpg >From the first function call in the trace it looks like its in the meta >information block cache. Maybe due to the spinlock or a bug in xfs? j...@der-dieb ~/Downloads/linux-2.6.32.21 $ ack mb_cache_shrink_fn . fs/mbcache.c 118:static int mb_cache_shrink_fn(int nr_to_scan, gfp_t gfp_mask); 121: .shrink = mb_cache_shrink_fn, 189: * mb_cache_shrink_fn() memory pressure callback 200:mb_cache_shrink_fn(int nr_to_scan, gfp_t gfp_mask) -- kernel panic divide error: 0000 [#1] SMP https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/614853 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs