Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:21:38 -0500 From: Rory Arms <rorya+freebsd.org@TrueStep.com> To: Barbara <barbara.xxx1975@libero.it> Cc: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu>, FreeBSD-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 6.4-RC2 crashes after a few minutes of uptime Message-ID: <369CC50A-9CF4-4F9B-8D22-153294B93532@TrueStep.com> In-Reply-To: <13170840.199821226838282753.JavaMail.defaultUser@defaultHost> References: <13170840.199821226838282753.JavaMail.defaultUser@defaultHost>
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On 2008-11-16, at 7:24 , Barbara wrote: > > > >> Ok, guess something is amiss with the CD-ROM drive on this notebook, >> as > in GNOME, it flashes an icon of a CD on the desktop from time to >> time, as if > it has detected a disc in the drive. But of course there >> is no disc in the > drive. I believe it did the same with 6.3 though, >> but as said before didn't > ever panic due to this issue. >> >> So, some anecdotal info, after running RC2 for > a few days now. It >> seems the pattern is that it seems to always panic a few > minutes after >> a first cold boot, but then seems to remain stable after the > second >> boot. Odd, as with 6.3 this didn't happen. So, I happened to catch > a >> panic while working in the syscons console after one of these cold > >> boots. As far as I can tell, the panic does have something to do >> with >> the > the CD-ROM drive, as right after I saw this message on the >> console, it > immediately paniced: >> >> acd0: WARNING - PREVENT_ALLOW read data overrun 18>0 >> > >> and then the panic is as follows: >> >> kernel trap 12 with interrupts disabled >> > >> Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode >> fault virtual address = 0x78 > >> fault code = supervisor read, page not present >> instruction pointer = > 0x20:0xc06d39b9 >> stack pointer = 0x28:0xca865c10 >> frame pointer = 0x28: > 0xca865c14 >> code segment = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b >> = DPL 0, > pres 1, def32 1, gran 1 >> processor eflags = resume, IOPL = 0 >> current process > = 19 (swi6: task queue) >> trap number = 12 >> panic: page fault >> Uptime: > 1h9m7s >> Physical memory: 179MB >> Dumping 43MB: 28 12 >> Dump complete > > Hi Rory, > > did you see my replies or are you missing them for any reason? Yes, I have seen your replies. I must have missed the PR you mentioned last time, sorry. > > > Your panics and > some aspects about how they happens look like mine to me, look here: > http: > //lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2008-October/045865.html Yes, indeed. That looks very similar to the issue I'm running into with 6.4-RC2 as well. Sounds like it might be a regression in ata(4). At least you were able to open the core dump. Are you still able to open core dumps with RC2? > > > > Unfortunately I got no answer about that and I've had no comment in > the pr I've > filed http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=128076 > I wonder if someone had > the time to look at it. >
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