2.6.32.1: BUG and panic: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000000000001f

[Peter Palfrader <weasel@debian.org>]

Hi,

we tried to upgrade a couple of our proliant servers from 2.6.31.6 to
2.6.32.1.

On two of our DL385g1 servers we had problems booting 2.6.32.1, as they
paniced.

One of them eventually booted correctly when it was decided to log its
serial console output; that strategy proved unsuccessful with the second
box.


[    5.304749] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000000000001f
..
[    5.308739] Call Trace:
[    5.308739]  [<ffffffff810c3840>] kstrdup+0x40/0x70
[    5.308739]  [<ffffffff81150d77>] sysfs_new_dirent+0xf7/0x110
[    5.308739]  [<ffffffff8115121d>] create_dir+0x3d/0xc0
[    5.308739]  [<ffffffff81090af1>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x11/0x40
[    5.308739]  [<ffffffff811512d4>] sysfs_create_dir+0x34/0x50
[    5.308739]  [<ffffffff8138e7ea>] ? kobject_get+0x1a/0x30
[    5.308739]  [<ffffffff8138e961>] kobject_add_internal+0xe1/0x1e0
[    5.308739]  [<ffffffff8138eb78>] kobject_add_varg+0x38/0x60
[    5.308739]  [<ffffffff8138ec15>] kobject_init_and_add+0x75/0x90
[    5.308739]  [<ffffffff81150560>] ? sysfs_ilookup_test+0x0/0x20
[    5.308739]  [<ffffffff8115082d>] ? sysfs_find_dirent+0x2d/0x40
[    5.308739]  [<ffffffff81150ec1>] ? sysfs_addrm_finish+0x21/0x250
[    5.308739]  [<ffffffff8138e7ea>] ? kobject_get+0x1a/0x30
[    5.308739]  [<ffffffff810e6fe4>] ? kmem_cache_alloc+0x84/0xc0
[    5.308739]  [<ffffffff814238d4>] bus_add_driver+0x94/0x260
[    5.308739]  [<ffffffff81424ed9>] driver_register+0x79/0x160
[    5.308739]  [<ffffffff815a28a3>] __hid_register_driver+0x43/0x80
[    5.308739]  [<ffffffff81a3d7ff>] ? gyration_init+0x0/0x1b
[    5.308739]  [<ffffffff81a3d818>] gyration_init+0x19/0x1b
[    5.308739]  [<ffffffff81009048>] do_one_initcall+0x38/0x1a0
[    5.308739]  [<ffffffff81a0e6b5>] kernel_init+0x172/0x1ca
[    5.308739]  [<ffffffff81036a0a>] child_rip+0xa/0x20
[    5.308739]  [<ffffffff81a0e543>] ? kernel_init+0x0/0x1ca
[    5.308739]  [<ffffffff81036a00>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x20

is from the machine that reliably fails to boot.
http://asteria.noreply.org/~weasel/volatile/2009-12-15-1VAB84BxJzE/ravel
hosts the complete serial console output.




What I caught on the second box, that eventually decided to boot is
similar, but not identical:
[   19.028333] Call Trace:
[   19.028333]  [<ffffffff81150560>] ? sysfs_ilookup_test+0x0/0x20
[   19.028333]  [<ffffffff810c3840>] kstrdup+0x40/0x70
[   19.028333]  [<ffffffff81150d77>] sysfs_new_dirent+0xf7/0x110
[   19.028333]  [<ffffffff81150b17>] ? sysfs_add_one+0x27/0xd0
[   19.028333]  [<ffffffff81151bf7>] sysfs_do_create_link+0x87/0x160
[   19.028333]  [<ffffffff81151cee>] sysfs_create_link+0xe/0x10
[   19.028333]  [<ffffffff81422072>] device_add+0x272/0x730
[   19.028333]  [<ffffffff8139779e>] ? kvasprintf+0x6e/0x90
[   19.028333]  [<ffffffff81422549>] device_register+0x19/0x20
[   19.028333]  [<ffffffff8142262c>] device_create_vargs+0xdc/0xf0
[   19.028333]  [<ffffffff8142268b>] device_create+0x4b/0x50
[   19.028333]  [<ffffffff813e9702>] ? extract_entropy+0xe2/0x140
[   19.028333]  [<ffffffff813f573f>] misc_register+0xbf/0x180
[   19.028333]  [<ffffffff8107a4e0>] ? init_oops_id+0x0/0x40
[   19.028333]  [<ffffffff81a2626b>] ? pm_qos_power_init+0x0/0xe1
[   19.028333]  [<ffffffff81a262a3>] pm_qos_power_init+0x38/0xe1
[   19.028333]  [<ffffffff81009048>] do_one_initcall+0x38/0x1a0
[   19.028333]  [<ffffffff81a0e6b5>] kernel_init+0x172/0x1ca
[   19.028333]  [<ffffffff81036a0a>] child_rip+0xa/0x20
[   19.028333]  [<ffffffff81a0e543>] ? kernel_init+0x0/0x1ca
[   19.028333]  [<ffffffff81036a00>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x20

http://asteria.noreply.org/~weasel/volatile/2009-12-15-1VAB84BxJzE/klecker-bad

http://asteria.noreply.org/~weasel/volatile/2009-12-15-1VAB84BxJzE/klecker-good
for the output during a successful boot.

The config file can be found at
http://asteria.noreply.org/~weasel/volatile/2009-12-15-1VAB84BxJzE/config-2.6.32.1-dsa-amd64


Cheers,
Peter
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