Re: kernelcrash during root filesystem recovery

[utz lehmann <xfs@xxxxxxxxxx>]

hi

for serial console i need to solder a cable first.

i dont know to use kdb. can you help me.

thanks.

utz

Russell Cattelan [cattelan@xxxxxxxxxxx] wrote:
> utz lehmann wrote:
> 
> Hmm not good.
> We are going to need a bit more go to on.
> 
> Can you get a backtrace from kdb?
> 
> If you could hook up to a serial console that would
> help in capturing the output.
> 
> 
> > hi
> >
> > i found a bug in yesterdays (2000-11-29) kernel (the test11 one).
> >
> > i had powered off my computer without a clean shutdown. i do this very
> > often, no problems since month with xfs.
> >
> > the kernel traped into kdb while recovering the xfs root filesystem. i write
> > the messages down from the screen, maybe there are typos:
> >
> > XFS: WARNING: recovery required on readonly filesystem.
> >
> > XFS: write access will be enabled recovery.
> >
> > Staring XFS recovery on filesystem: ide0 (3,6) (dev:3/6)
> > Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000008
> >  printing eip:
> > c016482b
> > *pde = 00000000
> >
> > Entering kdb (currect=0xc125c000, pid1) Panic: Oops
> > due to panic @ 0xc016482b
> > eax = 0x00000000 ebx = 0xc12c3460 ecx = 0xc12c3460 edx = 0x00000000
> > esi = 0xc12c0e60 edi = 0x00000000 esp = 0xc125d940 eip = 0xc016482b
> > ebp = 0x00000000 xss = 0x00000018 xcs = 0x00000010 eflags = 0x00010246
> > xds = 0x00000018 xes = 0x00000018 origeax = 0xffffffff &regs = 0xc125d90c
> >
> > i rebooted the machine with the same result.
> > rebooting with a kernel from 2000-11-14 works with no problems.
> >
> > i made some tests with the buggy kernel:
> >
> > clean shutdown works.
> > hardreset after "sync" works.
> > hardreset after booting without sync works.
> > hardreset during booting works.
> > hardreset during writing (cp -av /usr/src/linux /tmp) triggers the bug.
> > 4 times it traped into kdb, 1 time the kernel hangs.
> >
> > booting with the older kernel always works.
> >
> > my system:
> > K6-500, 128MB
> > xfs root filesystem on a ide disk.
> >
> > hope that helps.
> >
> > utz