I have a system running Fedora Core 6 on a Dell PE4400 that crashed and became unresponsive, I captured the following kernel oops in /var/log/messages:
Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: list_del corruption. prev->next should be d5507478, but was 0000008f Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------ Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:65! Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: SMP Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: last sysfs file: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.0/irq Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: Modules linked in: ipv6 autofs4 dm_multipath video sbs i2c_ec button battery ac lp i2c_piix4 sr_mod i2c_core st cdrom e100 sg floppy pcspkr mii parport_pc tg3 parport serio_raw dm_snapshot dm_zero dm_mirror dm_mod aic7xxx scsi_transport_spi aacraid sd_mod scsi_mod ext3 jbd ehci_hcd ohci_hcd uhci_hcd Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: CPU: 0 Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: EIP: 0060:[<c04e5913>] Not tainted VLI Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: EFLAGS: 00010296 (2.6.18-1.2869.fc6 #1) Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: EIP is at list_del+0x23/0x6c Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: eax: 00000048 ebx: d5507478 ecx: c0671c50 edx: 00000096 Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: esi: d5507428 edi: f7d98e40 ebp: 00000282 esp: f7feff38 Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068 Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: Process events/0 (pid: 8, ti=f7fef000 task=c2ec05c0 task.ti=f7fef000) Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: Stack: c063707b d5507478 0000008f d5507420 c04b7ae6 d5507420 d5507428 f7d98e40 Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: c04b772c c067ece0 c067ece4 c042fa34 00000246 f7d98e40 f7d98e60 c04b7675 Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: 00000000 f7d98e60 f7d98e40 f7d98e58 00000000 c043032c 00000001 00000000 Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: Call Trace: Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: [<c04b7ae6>] keyring_destroy+0x28/0x65 Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: [<c04b772c>] key_cleanup+0xb7/0xd0 Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: [<c042fa34>] run_workqueue+0x83/0xc5 Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: [<c043032c>] worker_thread+0xd9/0x10d Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: [<c04327f3>] kthread+0xc0/0xed Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: [<c0405447>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: DWARF2 unwinder stuck at kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: Leftover inexact backtrace: Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: ======================= Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: Code: 00 00 89 c3 eb e8 90 90 53 89 c3 83 ec 0c 8b 40 04 8b 00 39 d8 74 1c 89 5c 24 04 89 44 24 08 c7 04 24 7b 70 63 c0 e8 df bc f3 ff <0f> 0b 41 00 b8 70 63 c0 8b 03 8b 40 04 39 d8 74 1c 89 5c 24 04 Apr 30 08:52:11 hostname kernel: EIP: [<c04e5913>] list_del+0x23/0x6c SS:ESP 0068:f7feff38 Apr 30 08:52:20 hostname kernel: <3>BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! Apr 30 08:52:20 hostname kernel: [<c0405876>] dump_trace+0x69/0x1af Apr 30 08:52:20 hostname kernel: [<c04059d4>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x18/0x2c Apr 30 08:52:20 hostname kernel: [<c0405f83>] show_trace+0xf/0x11 Apr 30 08:52:20 hostname kernel: [<c0406080>] dump_stack+0x15/0x17 Apr 30 08:52:20 hostname kernel: [<c04498a9>] softlockup_tick+0xad/0xc4 Apr 30 08:52:20 hostname kernel: [<c042a39a>] update_process_times+0x39/0x5c Apr 30 08:52:20 hostname kernel: [<c04148c5>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x5b/0x62 Apr 30 08:52:20 hostname kernel: [<c040512f>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x1f/0x30 Apr 30 08:52:20 hostname kernel: DWARF2 unwinder stuck at apic_timer_interrupt+0x1f/0x30 Apr 30 08:52:20 hostname kernel: Leftover inexact backtrace: Apr 30 08:52:20 hostname kernel: [<c0609f2f>] __write_lock_failed+0xf/0x20 Apr 30 08:52:20 hostname kernel: [<c04e57f9>] _raw_write_lock+0x5d/0x74 Apr 30 08:52:20 hostname kernel: [<c04b7ffd>] keyring_publish_name+0x2c/0x6d Apr 30 08:52:20 hostname kernel: [<c04b804c>] keyring_instantiate+0xe/0x13 Apr 30 08:52:20 hostname kernel: [<c04b6fa4>] __key_instantiate_and_link+0x2f/0xa8 Apr 30 08:52:20 hostname kernel: [<c04b820d>] keyring_alloc+0x53/0x6a Apr 30 08:52:20 hostname kernel: [<c04b9888>] alloc_uid_keyring+0x4c/0xb2 Apr 30 08:52:20 hostname kernel: [<c042a80d>] alloc_uid+0x95/0x13c Apr 30 08:52:20 hostname kernel: [<c042d66f>] set_user+0xb/0x8e Apr 30 08:52:20 hostname kernel: [<c042ef3a>] sys_setresuid+0x111/0x1dd Apr 30 08:52:20 hostname kernel: [<c0404027>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb Apr 30 08:52:20 hostname kernel: ======================= Is this a bug? Please let me know if I can provide any other information to determine the cause of this crash. Thanks. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/