linux-kernel - Re: What does a Kernel Error 4 mean?

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Date:	Fri, 7 Mar 2008 16:15:09 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To:	"linux-os (Dick Johnson)" <linux-os@...logic.com>
cc:	Marc Perkel <mperkel@...oo.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: What does a Kernel Error 4 mean?


On Mar 7 2008 10:03, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote:
>> On Mar 6 2008 13:59, Marc Perkel wrote:
>>>
>>> What does a Kernel Error 4 mean? I'm getting this
>>> running 64 bit Exim. Just trying to track it down and
>>> wondering what an "Error 4" is?
>>
>> Full error message please.
>
>Interrupted system call?

No, there is also

	"%s%s[%d]: segfault at %lx ip %08lx sp %08lx error %lx",

and an error code of 4 indicates PF_USER.
That is why it is *important* to provide an *exact* error message
and not just some hear-and-tell number.
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