Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 9482] New: kernel GPF in 2.6.24 (g09f345da)

["Jon Nelson" <jnelson@jamponi.net>]

On 12/1/07, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> (switched to email - please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via the
> bugzilla web interface)
>
> On Sat,  1 Dec 2007 11:54:11 -0800 (PST) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:
>
> > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9482
> >
> >            Summary: kernel GPF in 2.6.24 (g09f345da)
> >            Product: Other
> >            Version: 2.5
> >      KernelVersion: 2.6.24rc3 g09f345da
> >           Platform: All
> >         OS/Version: Linux
> >               Tree: Mainline
> >             Status: NEW
> >           Severity: normal
> >           Priority: P1
> >          Component: Other
> >         AssignedTo: other_other@kernel-bugs.osdl.org
> >         ReportedBy: jnelson-kernel-bugzilla@jamponi.net
> >
> >
> > Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: 2.6.22.12
> > Distribution: openSUSE 10.3
> > Hardware Environment: Athlon XP 2200+
> > Software Environment: openSUSE 10.3
> > Problem Description: instant kernel GPF.
> >
> > Steps to reproduce:load module aoe (vanilla), type 'mkfs.ext3
> > /dev/etherd/e0.0', and the kernel GPFs.
> >
> > Will be attaching jpg of screen - sorry, no other way to capture GPF for me.
> >
>
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=13812&action=view
>
> Damn that's odd.  General Protection Fault in
> __set_page_dirty->__percpu_counter_add().  No sign of AOE in the trace.
>
> I assume that it is repeatable and that it doesn't occur with mkfs on
> regular local disk drives?


This works fine:

mkfs.ext3 /dev/system/test #### a local LVM2-based logical volume

mkfs.ext3 /dev/etherd/e0.0 ## Boom.




-- 
Jon