Subj : Unable to handle kernel paging request To : comp.os.linux From : misaksen Date : Tue Sep 07 2004 07:20 am Hi! Does anybody know what this means? It happens a couple of times each month on my mailserver. Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: <1>Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 004c0004 Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: printing eip: Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: c0143ee0 Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: *pde = 00000000 Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: Oops: 0000 Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: ipt_state iptable_nat ip_conntrack iptable_filter ip_tables 8139too mii sis900 keybdev mous edev input usbcore ext3 jbd Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: CPU: 0 Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: EIP: 0060:[] Not tainted Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: EFLAGS: 00010246 Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: EIP is at page_add_rmap [kernel] 0xc0 (2.4.20-8) Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: eax: 00000000 ebx: 004c0000 ecx: c1000030 edx: 026d02c8 Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: esi: c10c5098 edi: c4432c80 ebp: c10c5098 esp: cac3bda0 Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: ds: 0068 es: 0068 ss: 0068 Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: Process clamd (pid: 24475, stackpage=cac3b000) Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: Stack: 0384b067 c26d02c8 c4432c80 c0130541 0384b067 00000000 00001000 c10c5098 Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: c9510408 cb9ec880 408b2000 00000001 c0130971 cb9ec880 cbc3df00 c26d02c8 Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: c9510408 00000001 408b2000 cc4dfa80 cb9ec880 408b2000 cb9ec8a0 cac3a000 Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: Call Trace: [] do_anonymous_page [kernel] 0x161 (0xcac3bdac)) Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: [] handle_mm_fault [kernel] 0x81 (0xcac3bdd0)) Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: [] do_page_fault [kernel] 0x16c (0xcac3be00)) Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: [] ip_local_deliver_finish [kernel] 0x14e (0xcac3be20)) Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: [] journal_dirty_metadata_R99e24994 [jbd] 0x17b (0xcac3be4c)) Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: [] __alloc_pages [kernel] 0x95 (0xcac3be78)) Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: [] do_page_fault [kernel] 0x0 (0xcac3bea8)) Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: [] error_code [kernel] 0x34 (0xcac3beb0)) Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: [] vmtruncate [kernel] 0x68 (0xcac3bed8)) Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: [] file_read_actor [kernel] 0x58 (0xcac3bee4)) Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: [] do_generic_file_read [kernel] 0x22e (0xcac3bf0c)) Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: [] file_read_actor [kernel] 0x0 (0xcac3bf38)) Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: [] generic_file_read [kernel] 0xb0 (0xcac3bf58)) Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: [] file_read_actor [kernel] 0x0 (0xcac3bf68)) Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: [] sys_read [kernel] 0xa3 (0xcac3bf94)) Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: [] system_call [kernel] 0x33 (0xcac3bfc0)) Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: Sep 6 22:32:08 localhost kernel: Code: 8b 43 04 85 c0 74 0a 89 1f 89 7e 24 89 57 7c eb eb 8b 43 7c Sep 7 13:54:40 localhost kernel: <1>Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0088007c Sep 7 13:54:40 localhost kernel: printing eip: Sep 7 13:54:40 localhost kernel: c0143ce0 Sep 7 13:54:40 localhost kernel: *pde = 00000000 Sep 7 13:54:40 localhost kernel: Oops: 0000 Sep 7 13:54:40 localhost kernel: ipt_state iptable_nat ip_conntrack iptable_filter ip_tables 8139too mii sis900 keybdev mous edev input usbcore ext3 jbd Sep 7 13:54:40 localhost kernel: CPU: 0 Sep 7 13:54:40 localhost kernel: EIP: 0060:[] Not tainted Sep 7 13:54:40 localhost kernel: EFLAGS: 00010206 Sep 7 13:54:40 localhost kernel: Sep 7 13:54:40 localhost kernel: EIP is at page_referenced [kernel] 0x170 (2.4.20-8) Sep 7 13:54:40 localhost kernel: eax: c11ea298 ebx: c11ea2b4 ecx: c030d100 edx: c11ea298 Sep 7 13:54:40 localhost kernel: esi: 0000001e edi: 00880000 ebp: 00000000 esp: cdfb5f74 Sep 7 13:54:40 localhost kernel: ds: 0068 es: 0068 ss: 0068 Sep 7 13:54:40 localhost kernel: Process kswapd (pid: 5, stackpage=cdfb5000) Sep 7 13:54:40 localhost kernel: Stack: c43f5900 00000000 00000000 cdfb5fc0 c11ea298 c11ea2b4 0000478e c11ea298 Sep 7 13:54:40 localhost kernel: 0000478f c013c54b cdfb5fbc c013d348 00000000 c030d234 0000003f ffffffff Sep 7 13:54:40 localhost kernel: 00000005 00000001 00000252 00000001 cdfb4000 c030d100 cdfb4305 00000000 Sep 7 13:54:40 localhost kernel: Call Trace: [] refill_inactive_zone [kernel] 0x5eb (0xcdfb5f98)) Sep 7 13:54:40 localhost kernel: [] wakeup_memwaiters [kernel] 0xd8 (0xcdfb5fa0)) Sep 7 13:54:40 localhost kernel: [] kswapd [kernel] 0xec (0xcdfb5fd4)) Sep 7 13:54:40 localhost kernel: [] kswapd [kernel] 0x0 (0xcdfb5fe4)) Sep 7 13:54:40 localhost kernel: [] kernel_thread_helper [kernel] 0x5 (0xcdfb5ff0)) Sep 7 13:54:40 localhost kernel: Sep 7 13:54:40 localhost kernel: Sep 7 13:54:40 localhost kernel: Code: 8b 44 b7 04 85 c0 0f 84 b6 00 00 00 89 c2 8b 0d 30 c7 39 c0 Is it a memory problem? Regards Morten Isaksen http://www.aub.dk/~misak/ .