[CentOS] x86_64 reproducible server PANIC with latest kernel

Kay Diederichs kay.diederichs at uni-konstanz.de
Wed Aug 2 09:46:01 UTC 2006


Kay Diederichs wrote:
> Feizhou wrote:
> 
>> Matthew Miller wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 11:28:21PM +0200, Kay Diederichs wrote:
>>>
>>>> Modules linked in: vmnet(U) vmmon(U) netconsole netdump ppdev nfs nfsd 
>>>
>>>
>>>                      ^^^^^,   ^^^^^
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>> Pid: 16269, comm: java Tainted: PF     2.6.9-42.ELlargesmp
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Your kernel is tainted by binary-only kernel modules. Can you reproduce
>>> this without these modules loaded?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> VMware?
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> 
> 
> I forgot in my first posting to mention that the problem has nothing to 
> do with the kernel being tainted (due to VMware server).
> 
> I installed VMware server _after_ being faced with the crashes, to give 
> the Java user a "sandbox" which s/he could crash without taking down the 
> real server. Only then I discovered that VMware server has a memory 
> limitation to 3600MB (I guess because it's not a 64bit application).
> 
> I see exactly the same crash with a non-tainted kernel.
> 
> I take the opportunity to add that I just ran memtest86+ for 20 hours, 
> without any indication of a hardware (memory) problem.
> 
> Kay
> 
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This is now bugzilla entry 20885, please see 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=200885

Kay
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