Re: 2.4.0-test5 bug: invalid "shmid_kernel" passed to "shm_nopage_core"

2000-12-19 Thread Christoph Rohland
Hi Kevin, On 19 Dec 2000, Kevin Buhr wrote: > The code in Enlightenment did a complete > shmget/shmat/shmctl(RMID)/shmdt cycle, so that segment *was* being > constantly deleted. The Mozilla ones stuck around. The particular > address that was being reference in the shm_nopage_core call > corres

Re: 2.4.0-test5 bug: invalid "shmid_kernel" passed to "shm_nopage_core"

2000-12-19 Thread Kevin Buhr
Christoph Rohland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I am just running a stress test on 2.4.0-test13-pre3 + appended patch > without problems. Is the shm segment deleted sometimes or is it always > the same segment? IIRC, in my particular crash case, the Enlightenment window manager was using the X

Re: 2.4.0-test5 bug: invalid "shmid_kernel" passed to "shm_nopage_core"

2000-12-19 Thread Christoph Rohland
Hi Kevin, On 26 Nov 2000, Kevin Buhr wrote: > The fact that this has crashed once in all the time I've been using > this setup would seem to imply a very subtle race condition. Ugh. I am just running a stress test on 2.4.0-test13-pre3 + appended patch without problems. Is the shm segment delete

Re: 2.4.0-test5 bug: invalid "shmid_kernel" passed to "shm_nopage_core"

2000-11-26 Thread Kevin Buhr
Christoph Rohland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I use a SysReq patch to do an oops-style dump instead of the usual > > "showPc" function, so I was able to copy a stack dump down. > > Could you send me the patch? Does it do the dump on all cpus? You can grab it at: ftp://mozart.stat

Re: 2.4.0-test5 bug: invalid "shmid_kernel" passed to "shm_nopage_core"

2000-11-26 Thread Christoph Rohland
Hi Kevin, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin Buhr) writes: > I know no way to reproduce it. I've been using "test5" reliably since > just after its release, and I've triggered this bug only the one time. That's what I feared :-( > I use a SysReq patch to do an oops-style dump instead of the usual > "sh

Re: 2.4.0-test5 bug: invalid "shmid_kernel" passed to "shm_nopage_core"

2000-11-25 Thread Kevin Buhr
Christoph Rohland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > This is the first report of such corruption. If it's real it is _not_ > fixed between test5 and test11. There is probably no way to reproduce > it since you ask if it's fixed in test11, right? I know no way to reproduce it. I've been using "test

Re: 2.4.0-test5 bug: invalid "shmid_kernel" passed to "shm_nopage_core"

2000-11-25 Thread Christoph Rohland
Hi Kevin, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin Buhr) writes: > The SHM locking has thwarted my attempts at understanding. Maybe > someone else can see the bug or reassure me that it's already been > fixed in test11? This is the first report of such corruption. If it's real it is _not_ fixed between test5 a

2.4.0-test5 bug: invalid "shmid_kernel" passed to "shm_nopage_core"

2000-11-24 Thread Kevin Buhr
I've been chasing after a bug in 2.4.0-test5 that I can't quite nail down. I don't see anything obvious between test5 and test11 that leads me to believe it's been fixed. I encountered a lockup on my SMP box. One CPU got stuck in a spinlock via the following call trace. There were enough args