From: Maxim Levitsky on
I am getting this crash on boot very often on git master of Linus tree.

(Note that I use kmemleak, but disable its scan thread using

'echo "scan=off" > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak'
in rc.local.

<7>[ 24.438184] wlan0: authenticated
<7>[ 24.441687] wlan0: associate with 00:1b:9e:d8:77:02 (try 1)
<7>[ 24.444425] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1b:9e:d8:77:02 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=3)
<7>[ 24.444448] wlan0: associated
<4>[ 24.511898] kmemleak: Cannot insert 0xffff880079fe6000 into the object search tree (already existing)
<4>[ 24.511922] Pid: 2031, comm: NetworkManager Not tainted 2.6.35-rc0+ #108
<4>[ 24.511936] Call Trace:
<4>[ 24.511950] [<ffffffff810dc41a>] create_object+0x27a/0x2d0
<4>[ 24.511966] [<ffffffff810d7b9b>] ? __slab_alloc+0xab/0x5c0
<4>[ 24.511982] [<ffffffff81137e71>] ? proc_self_follow_link+0x71/0xa0
<4>[ 24.511999] [<ffffffff8138ea29>] kmemleak_alloc+0x59/0xd0
<4>[ 24.512013] [<ffffffff810d8144>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x94/0x100
<4>[ 24.512028] [<ffffffff81137e71>] proc_self_follow_link+0x71/0xa0
<4>[ 24.512045] [<ffffffff810ea1bc>] link_path_walk+0x26c/0xd00
<4>[ 24.512060] [<ffffffff810ebe22>] do_filp_open+0x152/0x660
<4>[ 24.512075] [<ffffffff810648a0>] ? sched_clock_cpu+0xc0/0x110
<4>[ 24.512091] [<ffffffff8106e6ac>] ? lock_release_holdtime+0xac/0x150
<4>[ 24.512107] [<ffffffff8103888d>] ? sub_preempt_count+0x9d/0xd0
<4>[ 24.512123] [<ffffffff813a0eb0>] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x30/0x60
<4>[ 24.512139] [<ffffffff810f7222>] ? alloc_fd+0xf2/0x140
<4>[ 24.512153] [<ffffffff810dc890>] do_sys_open+0x60/0x110
<4>[ 24.512166] [<ffffffff810dc96b>] sys_open+0x1b/0x20
<4>[ 24.512181] [<ffffffff81002deb>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
<6>[ 24.512205] kmemleak: Kernel memory leak detector disabled
<5>[ 24.512221] kmemleak: Object 0xffff880079fe6000 (size 4096):
<5>[ 24.512234] kmemleak: comm "NetworkManager", pid 2031, jiffies 4294939747
<5>[ 24.512248] kmemleak: min_count = 1
<5>[ 24.512257] kmemleak: count = 0
<5>[ 24.512265] kmemleak: flags = 0x1
<5>[ 24.512273] kmemleak: checksum = 0
<5>[ 24.512281] kmemleak: backtrace:
<4>[ 24.512289] [<ffffffff8138ea29>] kmemleak_alloc+0x59/0xd0
<4>[ 24.512304] [<ffffffff810d8144>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x94/0x100
<4>[ 24.512319] [<ffffffff810e9d76>] getname+0x36/0x210
<4>[ 24.512333] [<ffffffff810dc85d>] do_sys_open+0x2d/0x110
<4>[ 24.512347] [<ffffffff810dc96b>] sys_open+0x1b/0x20
<4>[ 24.512361] [<ffffffff81002deb>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
<4>[ 24.512377] [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff
<0>[ 24.578578] general protection fault: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
<0>[ 24.578667] last sysfs file: /sys/devices/virtual/net/lo/type
<4>[ 24.578719] CPU 0
<4>[ 24.578734] Modules linked in: af_packet nfsd exportfs nfs lockd nfs_acl auth_rpcgss sunrpc iwl3945 snd_hda_codec_realtek ir_lirc_codec usb_storage lirc_dev uvcvideo iwlcore videodev v4l2_compat_ioctl32 ir_sony_decoder usb_libusual ir_jvc_decoder cpufreq_powersave mac80211 uhci_hcd cpufreq_conservative snd_hda_intel ehci_hcd snd_hda_codec ir_rc6_decoder sdhci_pci cpufreq_userspace joydev r852 sm_common nand sdhci snd_hwdep snd_pcm ir_rc5_decoder acpi_cpufreq mmc_core usbcore tg3 nand_ids ir_nec_decoder mperf cfg80211 ac battery iTCO_wdt coretemp r592 psmouse nand_ecc ene_ir mtd ir_core memstick snd_page_alloc serio_raw evdev libphy sg video
<4>[ 24.579449]
<4>[ 24.579475] Pid: 2031, comm: autoconf.h Not tainted 2.6.35-rc0+ #108 Nettiling/Aspire 5720
<4>[ 24.579538] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff810d8111>] [<ffffffff810d8111>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x61/0x100
<4>[ 24.579612] RSP: 0018:ffff88007ca0fec8 EFLAGS: 00010002
<4>[ 24.579652] RAX: ffff8800025cffa0 RBX: 00000000000000d0 RCX: 0000000000000000
<4>[ 24.579700] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000000006a5 RDI: ffffffff814d0460
<4>[ 24.579746] RBP: ffff88007ca0fef8 R08: 00007fa12c547300 R09: 00007fa12c55b220
<4>[ 24.579793] R10: 00007fff3dc48160 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: ffffffff8154bfe0
<4>[ 24.579840] R13: 0000000000000292 R14: 68642f6e6962732f R15: ffffffff810e9d76
<4>[ 24.579886] FS: 00007fa12c73e700(0000) GS:ffff880002400000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
<4>[ 24.579947] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
<4>[ 24.579988] CR2: 00007fa12c2a20e0 CR3: 000000007cb2e000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
<4>[ 24.580036] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
<4>[ 24.580084] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
<4>[ 24.580130] Process autoconf.h (pid: 2031, threadinfo ffff88007ca0e000, task ffff88007c7d0000)
<0>[ 24.580193] Stack:
<4>[ 24.580218] ffff88007ca0fee8 0000000000000000 0000000000464356 00000000ffffff9c
<4>[ 24.580281] <0> fffffffffffffff4 000000003dc485d8 ffff88007ca0ff28 ffffffff810e9d76
<4>[ 24.580367] <0> 0000000000000000 0000000000402b40 00000000ffffff9c 0000000000008002
<0>[ 24.580468] Call Trace:
<4>[ 24.580500] [<ffffffff810e9d76>] getname+0x36/0x210
<4>[ 24.580540] [<ffffffff810dc85d>] do_sys_open+0x2d/0x110
<4>[ 24.580581] [<ffffffff810dc96b>] sys_open+0x1b/0x20
<4>[ 24.580621] [<ffffffff81002deb>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
<0>[ 24.580663] Code: 85 8d 00 00 00 9c 41 5d fa 65 48 8b 14 25 38 d4 00 00 49 8b 04 24 48 8d 04 02 4c 8b 30 4d 85 f6 0f 84 84 00 00 00 49 63 54 24 18 <49> 8b 14 16 48 89 10 41 55 9d 4d 85 f6 74 05 66 85 db 78 3b 41
<1>[ 24.581148] RIP [<ffffffff810d8111>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x61/0x100
<4>[ 24.581198] RSP <ffff88007ca0fec8>
<4>[ 24.581233] ---[ end trace 299e97b266f497ee ]---
<0>[ 24.581272] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
<4>[ 24.581312] Pid: 2031, comm: autoconf.h Tainted: G D 2.6.35-rc0+ #108
<4>[ 24.581369] Call Trace:
<4>[ 24.581400] [<ffffffff8139c61a>] panic+0x96/0x1a3
<4>[ 24.581439] [<ffffffff810418b5>] ? kmsg_dump+0x125/0x140
<4>[ 24.581480] [<ffffffff8100737c>] oops_end+0xcc/0xe0
<4>[ 24.581519] [<ffffffff81007586>] die+0x56/0x90
<4>[ 24.581557] [<ffffffff81004b32>] do_general_protection+0x152/0x160
<4>[ 24.581608] [<ffffffff813a142f>] general_protection+0x1f/0x30
<4>[ 24.581651] [<ffffffff810e9d76>] ? getname+0x36/0x210
<4>[ 24.581692] [<ffffffff810d8111>] ? kmem_cache_alloc+0x61/0x100
<4>[ 24.581736] [<ffffffff810e9d76>] getname+0x36/0x210
<4>[ 24.581775] [<ffffffff810dc85d>] do_sys_open+0x2d/0x110
<4>[ 24.581816] [<ffffffff810dc96b>] sys_open+0x1b/0x20
<4>[ 24.581855] [<ffffffff81002deb>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
<0>[ 24.581915] Rebooting in 20 seconds..

I attach full log of two instances of the crash.

Best regards,
Maxim Levitsky