[linux-lvm] Re: Kernel Oops

[Frode Tennebø]

On Wednesday 01 August 2001 23:24, Frode Tennebø wrote:
> I have tested SGI's linux-2.4-xfs in it's 2.4.7 incarnation.
> Compilled with gcc-2.96-81 on a Dell Latitude CPt400 with an Adaptec
> 1460A PCMCIA SCSI adapter.
>
> I can do whatever I want until I mount an LVM volume. After some time
> or immediately it will panic with a dump like this:

It appeard that a filesystem error caused the panic when mounting one 
of the LVs. A fsck on a newly booted system cured that problem.

> Aug  1 18:57:26 localhost kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging
> request at virtual address c489c4f0
> Aug  1 18:57:26 localhost kernel:  printing eip:
> Aug  1 18:57:26 localhost kernel: c489c4f0
> Aug  1 18:57:26 localhost kernel: *pde = 03bd1067
> Aug  1 18:57:26 localhost kernel: *pte = 00000000
> Aug  1 18:57:26 localhost kernel: Oops: 0000
> Aug  1 18:57:26 localhost kernel: CPU:    0
> Aug  1 18:57:26 localhost kernel: EIP:
> 0010:[fat:__insmod_fat_S.bss_L2264+450160/60315488]

[snap]

> This also happens with 2.4.8-pre3-xfs. I'm not sure if this is a LVM
> issue, a general kernel issue or an SGi/XFS issue, but I thought I'd
> bring it up here before I talked to the XFS guys as this is directly
> related to LVM (#define LVM_RELEASE_NAME "0.9.1_beta6" - perhaps a
> known problem?)

Furhtermore the oops happening after doing some work (eg. compiling) 
while the LV in question was mounted, but working on a different 
filesystem, also seems to have dissappeard. However, doing some work on 
the filesystem of the LV in question (from simple ls, to compilations) 
brings back the oops. I'm unable to umount the filesystem and 
eventually everything hangs.

What could be wrong?

Regards,
 -Frode
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