On Thu, 2008-12-25 at 11:31 +0100, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote: > reassign 476523 linux-2.6 > thanks > > On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 12:01:41PM +0200, Stephan A. Rickauer wrote: > > Package: kernel > > Version: 2.6.18-6-amd64 > > Severity: important > > > > A newly purchased dual-core amd64 machine regularely locks up. This can > > be reproduced by doing massive kernel builds. > > > > I've already played with all the ACPI and APIC knobs in the BIOS, > > deactivated also USB, sound and such, with no luck. Also booting with > > noapic wouldn't remedy the lock-ups. A BIOS upgrade didn't help either. > > > > Here's the error message output. Find a full dmesg further below. The > > detailed hardware is listed at the end of this long email: > > > > BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#1! > > > > Call Trace: > > <IRQ> [<ffffffff802a3673>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xed > > [<ffffffff802878d5>] update_process_times+0x42/0x68 > > [<ffffffff8026c2b5>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x23/0x47 > > [<ffffffff8026c9a9>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47 > > [<ffffffff8025874a>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c > > <EOI> [<ffffffff8025df39>] _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x8/0x9 > > [<ffffffff8020b2c3>] __down_read_trylock+0x3e/0x44 > > [<ffffffff8020a5ed>] do_page_fault+0x2ee/0x706 > > [<ffffffff80214ba8>] prio_tree_insert+0x148/0x231 > > [<ffffffff802588a5>] error_exit+0x0/0x84 > > [<ffffffff8022ceb7>] __clear_user+0x16/0x34 > > [<ffffffff8027546d>] padzero+0x1b/0x2b > > [<ffffffff8021698e>] load_elf_binary+0xa56/0x19b7 > > [<ffffffff8020de4a>] __alloc_pages+0x5c/0x2a9 > > [<ffffffff8020de4a>] __alloc_pages+0x5c/0x2a9 > > [<ffffffff80215aca>] copy_strings+0x167/0x1bc > > [<ffffffff8023d3ad>] search_binary_handler+0xa8/0x254 > > [<ffffffff8023ca12>] do_execve+0x18c/0x242 > > [<ffffffff80250394>] sys_execve+0x36/0x90 > > [<ffffffff80257f8f>] stub_execve+0x67/0xb0 > > > > BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! > > > > Call Trace: > > <IRQ> [<ffffffff802a3673>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xed > > [<ffffffff802878d5>] update_process_times+0x42/0x68 > > [<ffffffff8026c2b5>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x23/0x47 > > [<ffffffff8026c9a9>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47 > > [<ffffffff8025874a>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c > > <EOI> [<ffffffff80229602>] flush_tlb_page+0x4a/0xbc > > [<ffffffff80208c8d>] __handle_mm_fault+0x8ea/0x91a > > [<ffffffff8020a69c>] do_page_fault+0x39d/0x706 > > [<ffffffff802588a5>] error_exit+0x0/0x84 > > [<ffffffff8025b507>] copy_user_generic_c+0xd/0x26 > > [<ffffffff802171a7>] load_elf_binary+0x126f/0x19b7 > > [<ffffffff8023d3ad>] search_binary_handler+0xa8/0x254 > > [<ffffffff8023ca12>] do_execve+0x18c/0x242 > > [<ffffffff80250394>] sys_execve+0x36/0x90 > > [<ffffffff80257f8f>] stub_execve+0x67/0xb0 > > > > BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! > > > > Call Trace: > > <IRQ> [<ffffffff802a3673>] softlockup_tick+0xdb/0xed > > [<ffffffff802878d5>] update_process_times+0x42/0x68 > > [<ffffffff8026c2b5>] smp_local_timer_interrupt+0x23/0x47 > > [<ffffffff8026c9a9>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x41/0x47 > > [<ffffffff8025874a>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x66/0x6c > > <EOI> [<ffffffff80257bd6>] system_call+0x7e/0x83 > > [<ffffffff802084ef>] __handle_mm_fault+0x14c/0x91a > > [<ffffffff80208c8d>] __handle_mm_fault+0x8ea/0x91a > > [<ffffffff80257bd6>] system_call+0x7e/0x83 > > [<ffffffff8020a69c>] do_page_fault+0x39d/0x706 > > [<ffffffff80257bd6>] system_call+0x7e/0x83 > > [<ffffffff80257bd6>] system_call+0x7e/0x83 > > [<ffffffff8020aa02>] do_page_fault+0x703/0x706 > > [<ffffffff802588a5>] error_exit+0x0/0x84 > > [<ffffffff80257bd6>] system_call+0x7e/0x83 > > [<ffffffff8025b7c0>] __put_user_4+0x20/0x30 > > [<ffffffff802255c1>] schedule_tail+0x99/0x9e > > [<ffffffff80257acc>] ret_from_fork+0xc/0x25 > > > > dmesg: > > > [..] > > > > > > Hardware used: > > > > CPU AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400/2300MHz > > ASUS M2N-MX SE+,mATX,nVidia GeForce 6100 (bios level 0503) > > Kingston Memory DDR2 4GB Kit, PC2-6400800MHz, CL5, Non-ECC > > 2x Hitachi Deskstar P7K500, 250GB, SATA-II, 8.5ms,7200 RPM, 8MB, 8.5ms > > > > Thanks for your help! > > Does this error still occur with more recent kernel versions? > > If you're running Etch, could you try to reproduce this bug > with the 2.6.24 based kernel added in 4.0r4? > http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/linux-2.6.24.html
I am not seeing this problem with 2.6.24. However, I am unable to re-test with a Debian based system atm. The machine runs Ubuntu now, since they had the newer kernel earlier. Cheers, Stephan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

