Messages in this thread | | | From | Denis Vlasenko <> | Subject | Re: Possible dcache BUG | Date | Thu, 5 Aug 2004 11:35:58 +0300 |
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> FWIW, I've seen no fewer than 4 independent reports that looked > suspiciously like yours and mine over the past 3 months. Maybe we all > have bad hardware, and memtest86 just isn't stressful enough to show it. > The alternative is that there's some bug that has affected several > versions of 2.6 (and maybe 2.4) that seems to hit in low memory > conditions (e.g. as a result of a 4am cron.daily, or a large rsync). > > If you're curious, search google groups for "+oops +prune_dcache > group:linux.kernel", sort by date and look through the first 3 or 4 > pages. You'll see the same story with the same oopses over and over. > I know the few single bit flips are _probably_ bad hardware, but the more > similarities I see, the more I wonder. > > But, since my problems have completely gone away by adding more RAM, > I haven't been motivated to track it down anymore.
Let's rule out PREEMPT first
> Sorry I can't be more helpful. Good luck.
Maybe turn PREEMPT back on? -- vda - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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