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SubjectRe: BUG: Bad rss-counter state
On Wed 20-06-12 15:49:08, Nick Bowler wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I just noticed the following couple lines in my kernel log for Linux
> 3.4.2:
>
> Jun 20 14:57:54 emergent kernel: BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:ffff88000ff1f400 idx:1 val:-2
> Jun 20 14:57:54 emergent kernel: BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:ffff88000ff1f400 idx:2 val:2
>
> I have no idea what these messages mean, nor what I was doing exactly
> at 14:57:54 today, nor whether they've been fixed in newer kernels.
> Regardless, they appear to be telling me that there's a kernel problem
> since they contain the word "BUG", so I figured I had better report them
> nonetheless. Other than the fact that these messages were printed, the
> system is operating normally.

The issue is known and the fix can be found at
https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/6/9/47

> This happened about a week after bootup, so it's probably not easy to
> reproduce.
>
> Let me know if you need any more info,
> --
> Nick Bowler, Elliptic Technologies (http://www.elliptictech.com/)
>
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