I'm a little concerned that there have been no bites on this. Is there any additional information I could provide that would be helpful? Indications seem to be that this is a vserver problem, and a kernel panic is about the most serious vserver problem one can have.
-- John John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I sent the below message to the linux-kernel list, and they seem to > think this is a vserver problem. I am therefore sending it here for > comment. > > -- John > > Hello, > > Today I experienced a kernel panic running kernel 2.4.20 (plus the ctx > vserver patch; otherwise vanilla) with a bcm5700 module added in. It's > running on a dual Xeon Dell PowerEdge 2650. Those CPUs both feature > hyperthreading, which is enabled, so Linux sees four virtual CPUs. > > This is from my handwritten notes from the screen. > > Text on screen (from hurriedly-handwritten notes): > > Scheduling in interrupt > kernel BUG at sched.c:570! > Invalid operand: 0000 > CPU: 0 > EIP: 0010:[<c011a201>] > > ... > > Stack: c02b910a 000001c5 00000286 00000000 2088a8e > .... some intermediate lines skipped .... > ffffffff c02fbf00 c02fbf00 > > Call trace: c02a510c c02a4f99 c012c12a c02882ef c027ad7d > .... some intermediate lines skipped .... > c012b419 c01208c8 c01218dc c01093ef > > Running each of these addresses through ksymoops yields the following: > > Adhoc 00000000 Before first symbol > Adhoc 000001c5 Before first symbol > Adhoc 00000286 Before first symbol > Adhoc 02088a8e Before first symbol > Adhoc c01093ef <system_call+33/38> > Adhoc c011a201 <schedule+501/530> > Adhoc c01208c8 <release_task+e8/110> > Adhoc c01218dc <sys_wait4+39c/410> > Adhoc c01218de <sys_wait4+39e/410> > Adhoc c012b419 <sys_release_ip_info+29/60> > Adhoc c012c12a <.text.lock.sys+ea/190> > Adhoc c026910a <tcp_sendpage+11a/160> > Adhoc c027ad7d <tcp_v4_do_rcv+10d/1c0> > Adhoc c02882ef <inet_sock_destruct+ff/1c0> > Adhoc c02a4f99 <rwsem_down_write_failed+29/40> > Adhoc c02a510c <rwsem_down_failed_common+5c/7e> > Adhoc c02b910a <timer_bug_msg+912a/37b20> > Adhoc c02fbc00 <fs_table+40/220> > Adhoc c02fbf00 <uts_sem+8/28> > Adhoc ffffffff <END_OF_CODE+76b8dc8/????>