Dave Jones reported seeing bad pmd messages in 2.6.11.6. I've been seeing them with 2.6.11 and today with 2.6.11.6. When I first saw the problem I ran memtest86 and it didn't catch anything after ~3hours. However, I don't see them when X starts. They tend to happen after a program segfaults:
2.6.11: Apr 3 23:23:33 klaatu kernel: sh[16361]: segfault at 0000000000000000 rip 0000000000000000 rsp 00007ffffffff020 error 14 Apr 3 23:23:33 klaatu kernel: mm/memory.c:97: bad pmd ffff810027171010(00000000006b68b9). .. many more ... 2.6.11.6: Apr 8 12:03:17 klaatu kernel: grep[20971]: segfault at 0000000000000000 rip 0000000000000000 rsp 00007ffffffff090 error 14 Apr 8 12:03:17 klaatu kernel: mm/memory.c:97: bad pmd ffff810095929010(0000000000000015). .... many more ... Apr 8 12:03:18 klaatu kernel: mm/memory.c:97: bad pmd ffff8100959299d0(000034365f363878). Apr 8 12:03:18 klaatu kernel: grep[21116]: segfault at 0000000000000000 rip 0000000000000000 rsp 00007ffffffff0a0 error 14 Apr 8 12:03:18 klaatu kernel: mm/memory.c:97: bad pmd ffff810095f5b000(000000000000000f). ... At the time I was doing a find ... -exec grep -H ... over a linux kernel tree. I repeated the find and I didn't see segfaults the second run. --Clem - 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/