Messages in this thread | | | From | Richard Genoud <> | Date | Mon, 27 Jan 2014 16:51:09 +0100 | Subject | Re: Unstable kernels work after 2.6.3x |
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2014-01-23 Alexey Vlasov <renton@renton.name>: > Hello, > > I've already written that after release of version 2.6.32 something > strange happened either in the kernel or with its base features, namely > since then there was not released even a single kernel, which would at > least on my hosting work consistently and without bugs. > > That's the history of kernel crashes on one of my servers: > 1.1 2013-02-14 22:47:01 - 3.7.3 > 1.2 2013-03-07 00:48:25 - 3.7.3 > 1.3 2013-03-07 13:59:45 - 3.7.3 > 1.4 2013-03-10 01:20 - 3.7.3 > 1.5 2013-03-14 00:47 - 3.8.2 > 1.6 2013-03-15 00:57 - 3.8.2 > 1.10 2013-03-17 04:00 - 3.8.2 > 1.14 2013-03-24 22:42 - 3.8.2 > 1.15 2013-03-25 01:30 - 3.8.2 > 1.16 2013-03-25 02:57 - 3.7.3 > 1.17 2013-04-02 06:09 - 3.8.4 > 1.18 2013-04-12 21:50 - 3.8.4 > 1.22 2013-06-02 20:12 - 3.8.4 > 1.23 2013-06-09 16:33 - 3.8.4 > 1.24 2013-07-28 02:00 - 3.9.4 > 1.25 2013-08-17 16:45 - 3.9.4 > 1.26 2013-09-03 21:07 - 3.10.10 > 1.27 2013-09-07 21:07 - 3.11.0 > 1.28 2013-09-15 06:18 - 3.11.0 > 1.29 2013-10-01 21:51 - 3.11.0 > 1.31 2013-10-11 22:02 - 3.11.4 > 1.34 2013-10-26 06:32 - 3.11.4 > 1.36 2013-11-05 06:26 - 3.11.4 > 1.37 2013-11-17 15:06 - 3.11.4 > 1.38 2013-12-07 08:29 - 3.9.11 > (date - kernel version) > > And this is a server with an old one: > # uname -a > Linux l7 2.6.25-r9-1gb-s #3 SMP Fri Nov 14 18:15:42 MSK 2008 x86_64 > Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5430 @ 2.66GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux > # uptime > 13:29:40 up 731 days, 14:26, 5 users, load average: 27.56, 18.75, 18.86 > > Another: > # uname -a > Linux l5 2.6.25-r7-1gb #4 SMP Fri Aug 29 18:43:15 MSD 2008 x86_64 > Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5345 @ 2.33GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux > # uptime > 13:31:48 up 733 days, 16:18, 5 users, load average: 13.12, 10.79, 10.67 > > And it's not just some trash standing in the closet, it's a highloaded > server with several thousand websites and that also perform function of > a gateway for VPS customers. > > I certainly can, in some way, understand all these hangings and > failures, but it is difficult and sometimes impossible to explain them > to our clients when they see their non-performing web-sites. > > Here's one of the latest of bugs: > (3.12.3_kpanic.txt in attach) > > I'm completely satisfied with this kernel specifically, if I could > somehow manage to fix this particular bug, it would be great. I don't > want to try again to move to another new kernel, I've already had such an > experience. If it is possible, can you just release a patch for > particularly this kernel? > > Thank you in advance. > > -- > BRGDS. Alexey Vlasov.
[As almost nobody reads the LKML if he is not CCed directly, you may want to CC a maintainer.]
as the kernel seems to crash around prepare_creds(), may be David Howells can give you some thoughts.
Richard
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