Kernel exception (inotify related)

Bug #12165 reported by Christian Meyer
6
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Critical
Fabio Massimo Di Nitto

Bug Description

The kernel is constantly crashing when I'm using Evolution and saving attachments.
This exception is reproducable. I have to boot my machine, to get it correctly
running again.
The problem seems to be the preemptive option which is enabled.
I don't know if it affects other applications, too. Evolution seems to be the
most prominent one...

See the trace below!

-----------

Jan 23 13:40:24 dizzy kernel: c01d5323
Jan 23 13:40:24 dizzy kernel: PREEMPT
Jan 23 13:40:24 dizzy kernel: Modules linked in: hfs hfsplus nls_cp437 ntfs vfat
fat isofs nls_utf8 udf radeon ipv6 usbhid usblp hci_usb bluetooth via_rhine mii
snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer snd_page_alloc
gameport snd_mpu401_uart snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device snd soundcore i2c_viapro
i2c_core via_ircc irda crc_ccitt usb_storage ehci_hcd uhci_hcd usbcore
pci_hotplug via_agp agpgart floppy pcspkr rtc dm_mod capability commoncap sd_mod
scsi_mod tsdev evdev psmouse mousedev parport_pc lp parport ide_cd cdrom xfs
ext3 jbd ide_generic via82cxxx ide_disk ide_core unix thermal processor fan
fbcon crc32 font bitblit vesafb cfbcopyarea cfbimgblt cfbfillrect
Jan 23 13:40:24 dizzy kernel: CPU: 0
Jan 23 13:40:24 dizzy kernel: EIP: 0060:[<c01d5323>] Not tainted VLI
Jan 23 13:40:24 dizzy kernel: EFLAGS: 00210283 (2.6.10-2-386)
Jan 23 13:40:24 dizzy kernel: EIP is at inotify_dev_queue_event+0x9f/0x10c
Jan 23 13:40:24 dizzy kernel: eax: 00000000 ebx: 00000020 ecx: 00000000
edx: d9365708
Jan 23 13:40:24 dizzy kernel: esi: 00000020 edi: df59ee38 ebp: d969e9e0
esp: d4919f5c
Jan 23 13:40:24 dizzy kernel: ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068
Jan 23 13:40:24 dizzy kernel: Process python (pid: 21148, threadinfo=d4918000
task=c2404560)
Jan 23 13:40:24 dizzy kernel: Stack: 00000000 00000000 d9365708 d4918000
d9365708 df59ee38 00000000 c01d5828
Jan 23 13:40:24 dizzy kernel: d969e9e0 d9365708 00000020 00000000 00000000
c0f50b00 00000024 df159000
Jan 23 13:40:24 dizzy kernel: d4918000 c0145d09 df59ee38 00000020 00000000
00000000 63406a40 63406a40
Jan 23 13:40:24 dizzy kernel: Call Trace:
Jan 23 13:40:24 dizzy kernel: [<c01d5828>] inotify_inode_queue_event+0x42/0x70
Jan 23 13:40:24 dizzy kernel: [<c0145d09>] sys_open+0x4e/0x8d
Jan 23 13:40:24 dizzy kernel: [<c0102fa1>] sysenter_past_esp+0x52/0x75
Jan 23 13:40:24 dizzy kernel: Code: 74 24 08 68 00 40 00 00 6a ff eb 43 81 fb 00
20 00 00 74 2f 81 fb 00 80 00 00 74 27 8b 54 24 08 89 de 8b 42 08 8b 80 0c 01 00
00 <23> 70
08 85 f6 74 5e 81 fb 00 80 00 00 74 09 89 d8 23 42 04 85

-----------

Jan 23 13:56:45 dizzy kernel: c01d5323
Jan 23 13:56:45 dizzy kernel: PREEMPT
Jan 23 13:56:45 dizzy kernel: Modules linked in: hfs hfsplus nls_cp437 ntfs vfat
fat isofs nls_utf8 udf radeon ipv6 usbhid usblp hci_usb bluetooth via_rhine mii
snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer snd_page_alloc
gameport snd_mpu401_uart snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device snd soundcore i2c_viapro
i2c_core via_ircc irda crc_ccitt usb_storage ehci_hcd uhci_hcd usbcore
pci_hotplug via_agp agpgart floppy pcspkr rtc dm_mod capability commoncap sd_mod
scsi_mod tsdev evdev psmouse mousedev parport_pc lp parport ide_cd cdrom xfs
ext3 jbd ide_generic via82cxxx ide_disk ide_core unix thermal processor fan
fbcon crc32 font bitblit vesafb cfbcopyarea cfbimgblt cfbfillrect
Jan 23 13:56:45 dizzy kernel: CPU: 0
Jan 23 13:56:45 dizzy kernel: EIP: 0060:[<c01d5323>] Not tainted VLI
Jan 23 13:56:45 dizzy kernel: EFLAGS: 00010283 (2.6.10-2-386)
Jan 23 13:56:45 dizzy kernel: EIP is at inotify_dev_queue_event+0x9f/0x10c
Jan 23 13:56:45 dizzy kernel: eax: 00000000 ebx: 00000020 ecx: 00000000
edx: d9365708
Jan 23 13:56:45 dizzy kernel: esi: 00000020 edi: df59ee38 ebp: d969e9e0
esp: d4919f5c
Jan 23 13:56:45 dizzy kernel: ds: 007b es: 007b ss: 0068
Jan 23 13:56:45 dizzy kernel: Process python (pid: 21230, threadinfo=d4918000
task=c2404560)
Jan 23 13:56:45 dizzy kernel: Stack: 00000000 00000000 d9365708 d4918000
d9365708 df59ee38 00000000 c01d5828
Jan 23 13:56:45 dizzy kernel: d969e9e0 d9365708 00000020 00000000 00000000
d9151a60 00000023 df614000
Jan 23 13:56:45 dizzy kernel: d4918000 c0145d09 df59ee38 00000020 00000000
00000000 634014c0 634014c0
Jan 23 13:56:45 dizzy kernel: Call Trace:
Jan 23 13:56:45 dizzy kernel: [<c01d5828>] inotify_inode_queue_event+0x42/0x70
Jan 23 13:56:45 dizzy kernel: [<c0145d09>] sys_open+0x4e/0x8d
Jan 23 13:56:45 dizzy kernel: [<c0102fa1>] sysenter_past_esp+0x52/0x75
Jan 23 13:56:45 dizzy kernel: Code: 74 24 08 68 00 40 00 00 6a ff eb 43 81 fb 00
20 00 00 74 2f 81 fb 00 80 00 00 74 27 8b 54 24 08 89 de 8b 42 08 8b 80 0c 01 00
00 <23> 70
08 85 f6 74 5e 81 fb 00 80 00 00 74 09 89 d8 23 42 04 85

Revision history for this message
Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote :

Which version of the kernel are you running?

dpkg -l linux-image-`uname -r`

This sounds like bug #11844

Revision history for this message
Christian Meyer (chrisime-gnome-de) wrote :

ii linux-image-2. 2.6.10-10 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.10 on 386

Anyway, I find it quite risky to include the inotify patch. Is it already
included in any official kernel version?

Revision history for this message
Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote :

This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 11844.

To post a comment you must log in.
This report contains Public information  
Everyone can see this information.

Other bug subscribers

Remote bug watches

Bug watches keep track of this bug in other bug trackers.