kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

[Dennis J.]

On 10/16/2008 02:34 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> [<c046cc30>] ? ftrace_record_ip+0x1ac/0x1c5
> [<c04059cb>] ? mcount_call+0x5/0xa
> [<c046cc30>] ?
>
> [<e094e6c7>] ? ext4_get_sb+0x18/0x1a [ext4]
> [<e09504df>] ? ext4_fill_super+0x0/0x1f1a [ext4]
>
> The last two here appear to tell me something.  I was bugzilling the denied avcs and the computer froze.  I tried CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE and CTRL+ALT+DELETE and I could not do anything.  I turned off the computer manually and now all I see is this :(
>
> Can't save the message trying to boot to previous kernel to get output.  Will get back if I can.
>
> Regards,
>
> Antonio

This changelog entry from the latest kernel in koji might be related:

* Wed Oct 15 2008 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert at redhat.com> 2.6.27-16
- Disable FTRACE; DYNAMIC_FTRACE will be marked broken in 2.6.27.1
   (without dynamic ftrace the overhead is noticeable.)

Regards,
   Dennis