Public bug reported: Recently I have got a VIA Epia mini-itx motherboard.
Randomly it drop in kernel panic, but when many connections from the clients are established, kernel panic becames more frequent and the machine becomes useless. My attempts were as follows : - Kernels releases from 2.6.16 to 2.6.24 ---> No difference - Kernel option "ACPI=off" ---> Good improvement - Either on Debian and Ubuntu Server ---> No difference - Blacklist unnecessary modules ---> Seems a little improvement - Two different memory bank with long memory tests performed ---> No difference - MS Windows with hardware stress sofware ---> No problems After a period of observation and some empiric tests I got the impression that the smb protocol is involved. My interesting empiric tests were as follow : with "socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192" in smb.conf Kernel panic always happens : - When I put a directory with many files in a samba share using Ubuntu or Windows - When I copy a single file beginning from 10 Mb Kernel panic doesn't happens : - When I put a file or a directory with many files with ssh protocol using Nautilus - When I copy a file filled with zeroes using smb protocol Without "socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192" in smb.conf Kernel panic always happens : - When I copy directly from another PC to the Via Epia using smb protocol a file or a directory through third computer with Ubuntu, with Windows no problem. Kernel panic rarely happens : - during normal use Kernel Panic snapshot attached My lspci output 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge 00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge 00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge 00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT890 Host Bridge 00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge 00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge 00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10) 00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10) 00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) 00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) 00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86) 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South] 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. UniChrome Pro IGP (rev 01) My cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : CentaurHauls cpu family : 6 model : 10 model name : VIA Esther processor 1500MHz stepping : 9 cpu MHz : 1500.099 cache size : 128 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge cmov pat clflush acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm nx up pni est tm2 rng rng_en ace ace_en ace2 ace2_en phe phe_en pmm pmm_en bogomips : 3001.85 clflush size : 64 My lsmod Module Size Used by ipv6 272804 12 iptable_filter 3840 0 ip_tables 14820 1 iptable_filter x_tables 16132 1 ip_tables aes_i586 33536 0 dm_crypt 15236 0 dm_mod 62532 1 dm_crypt lp 12324 0 loop 19076 0 evdev 12928 0 parport_pc 36644 1 parport 37704 2 lp,parport_pc serio_raw 7940 0 psmouse 40208 0 i2c_viapro 9876 0 i2c_core 24832 1 i2c_viapro pcspkr 4224 0 shpchp 34452 0 pci_hotplug 30880 1 shpchp via_agp 11136 1 agpgart 34760 1 via_agp reiserfs 238720 5 usb_storage 73408 0 libusual 18980 1 usb_storage sg 36496 0 sd_mod 30720 7 pata_via 13316 6 ehci_hcd 38412 0 uhci_hcd 27152 0 ata_generic 8324 0 pata_acpi 8320 0 usbcore 146028 5 usb_storage,libusual,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd libata 159344 3 pata_via,ata_generic,pata_acpi scsi_mod 151180 4 usb_storage,sg,sd_mod,libata r8169 32772 0 fuse 50580 1 vesafb 8964 1 fbcon 42656 70 tileblit 3456 1 fbcon font 9472 1 fbcon bitblit 6784 1 fbcon softcursor 3072 1 bitblit ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- kernel panic - BUG in sched.c using SMB protocol https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/234866 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