linux-kernel - Re: BUG: Bad page map in process udevd (anon

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Date:	Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:54:25 +0100
From:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: BUG: Bad page map in process udevd (anon_vma: (null)) in
 2.6.38-rc4

On Thu 17-02-11 17:35:31, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> 
> > And in addition, I don't see why others wouldn't see it (I've got
> > DEBUG_PAGEALLOC and SLUB_DEBUG_ON turned on myself, and I know others
> > do too).
> 
> I've done extensive randconfig testing and no crash triggers for typical workloads 
> on a typical dual-core PC. If there's a generic crashes in there my tests tend to 
> trigger them at least 10x as often as regular testers ;-) But the tests are still 
> only statistical so the race could simply be special and missed by the tests.
> 
> > So I'm wondering what triggers it. Must be something subtle.
> 
> I think what Michal did before he got the corruption seemed somewhat atypical: 
> suspend/resume and udevd wifi twiddling, right?

I wouldn't call it atypical. I just resumed from suspend to RAM and set
up my wireless interface which involved modprobe for iwlwifi[*] (where udev
came into play).

---
[*] - my script for setting up home wireless connection rmmods iwlwifi,
iwlcore mac80211 cfg80211 and then modprobes iwlwifi. It is a relict
from the past where I wasn't able to re-establish the connection in some
cases (well stupid router which totally confused the driver) without
reloading modules. I guess this is no more needed but I was lazy to
touch my scripts when they work.
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs
SUSE LINUX s.r.o.
Lihovarska 1060/12
190 00 Praha 9    
Czech Republic
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