PROBLEM: kernel BUG at page_alloc.c:117!

DISCUSSION Sergio Avila 6 participants 6 messages Aug 7, 2002

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2002-08-07 13:06 UTC #0 lore raw

[1.] One line summary of the problem:

kernel BUG at page_alloc.c:117!

[2.] Full description of the problem/report:

cat /var/log/messages
...
Aug 7 04:17:25 lordvaider kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: freed 16
pages

        Aug  7 04:17:25 lordvaider kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: backend 
released
        Aug  7 04:17:26 lordvaider kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: Intel 
440BX chipset
        Aug  7 04:17:26 lordvaider kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: aperture: 
256M @ 0xe0000000
        Aug  7 04:17:26 lordvaider kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: aperture 
mapped from 0xe0000000 to 0xd5add000
        Aug  7 04:17:26 lordvaider kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: mode 2x
        Aug  7 04:17:26 lordvaider kernel: NVRM: AGPGART: allocated 
16 pages
        Aug  7 04:19:46 lordvaider ntpd[825]: synchronisation lost
        Aug  7 04:37:57 lordvaider ntpd[825]: time reset 2.821400 s
        Aug  7 04:37:57 lordvaider ntpd[825]: synchronisation lost
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: ------------[ cut here 
]------------
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: kernel BUG at 
page_alloc.c:117!
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: invalid operand: 0000
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: tuner bttv i2c-algo-bit 
i2c-core videodev sr_mod es1371 ac97_codec gameport so
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: CPU:    0
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: EIP:    0010:[<c0131107>]    
Tainted: P
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: EFLAGS: 00010296
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel:
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: EIP is at __free_pages_ok 
[kernel] 0x57 (2.4.18-5)
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: eax: 00000020   ebx: 
c12fa968   ecx: 00000001   edx: 00002cf6
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: esi: 00000000   edi: 
00000010   ebp: 00000000   esp: d3fc7f5c
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: ds: 0018   es: 0018   ss: 
0018
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: Process kswapd (pid: 5, 
stackpage=d3fc7000)
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: Stack: c02251dc 00000075 
d39af8a0 c12fa968 c013c833 d3e8e200 c12a4748 00000030
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel:        c013a9ca c12fa968 
c12fa984 00000010 d39af8a0 c012e994 c12fa968 00000030
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel:        c12fa968 c12fa984 
00000010 c02c7304 c0130126 c02c732c 00000000 00001246
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: Call Trace: [<c013c833>] 
try_to_free_buffers [kernel] 0xa3
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: [<c013a9ca>] 
try_to_release_page [kernel] 0x3a
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: [<c012e994>] drop_page 
[kernel] 0x34
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: [<c0130126>] 
refill_inactive_zone [kernel] 0x276
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: [<c0130ab0>] kswapd 
[kernel] 0x280
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: [<c0105000>] stext 
[kernel] 0x0
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: [<c0107136>] 
kernel_thread [kernel] 0x26
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: [<c0130830>] kswapd 
[kernel] 0x0
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel:
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel:
        Aug  7 06:02:30 lordvaider kernel: Code: 0f 0b 5d 58 8b 3d 
d0 54 33 c0 89 d8 29 f8 69 c0 b7 6d db b6
        Aug  7 14:07:14 lordvaider syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
        ago  7 14:07:15 lordvaider syslog: Iniciación de syslogd 
succeeded
        Aug  7 14:07:15 lordvaider kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = 
/proc/kmsg started.
        Aug  7 14:07:15 lordvaider kernel: Linux version 2.4.18-5 
([email protected]) (gcc version 2.96 20
        000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-110)) #1 Mon Jun 10 15:31:48 
EDT 2002
        ...

[3.] Keywords (i.e., modules, networking, kernel):
[4.] Kernel version (from /proc/version):

Linux version 2.4.18-5 ([email protected])
(gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-110)) #1 Mon Jun 10 15:31:48 EDT 2002

[5.] Output of Oops.. message (if applicable) with symbolic information
resolved (see Documentation/oops-tracing.txt)
[6.] A small shell script or example program which triggers the
problem (if possible)
[7.] Environment
[7.1.] Software (add the output of the ver_linux script here)

[root@lordvaider linux-2.4.18-5]# sh scripts/ver_linux If some fields are empty or look unusual you may have an old
version.
Compare to the current minimal requirements in
Documentation/Changes.

        Linux lordvaider.evoto.org 2.4.18-5 #1 Mon Jun 10 15:31:48

EDT 2002 i686 unknown

        Gnu C                  2.96
        Gnu make               3.79.1
        util-linux             2.11n
        mount                  2.11n
        modutils               2.4.14
        e2fsprogs              1.27
        reiserfsprogs          3.x.0j
        Linux C Library        2.2.5
        Dynamic linker (ldd)   2.2.5
        Procps                 2.0.7
        Net-tools              1.60
        Console-tools          0.3.3
        Sh-utils               2.0.11
        Modules Loaded         sr_mod es1371 ac97_codec gameport

soundcore agpgart NVdriver binfmt_misc autofs eepro100 3c59x iptable_nat ip_conntrack iptable_mangle iptable_filter ip_tables ide-scsi scsi_mod ide-cd cdrom mousedev hid input usb-uhci usbcore ext3 jbd

[7.2.] Processor information (from /proc/cpuinfo):

[root@lordvaider linux-2.4.18-5]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 5
model name : Pentium II (Deschutes)
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 350.802
cache size : 512 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep
mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr

        bogomips        : 699.59

[7.3.] Module information (from /proc/modules):

[root@lordvaider linux-2.4.18-5]# cat /proc/modules
sr_mod 16920 2 (autoclean)
es1371 29024 1 (autoclean)
ac97_codec 12320 0 (autoclean) [es1371]
gameport 3488 0 (autoclean) [es1371]
soundcore 6500 4 (autoclean) [es1371]
agpgart 39680 3 (autoclean)
NVdriver 1022272 10 (autoclean)
binfmt_misc 7460 1
autofs 11972 0 (autoclean) (unused)
eepro100 20336 1
3c59x 28680 1
iptable_nat 21460 1 (autoclean)
ip_conntrack 21836 1 (autoclean) [iptable_nat]
iptable_mangle 3136 0 (autoclean) (unused)
iptable_filter 2752 1 (autoclean)
ip_tables 13792 5 [iptable_nat iptable_mangle
iptable_filter]

        ide-scsi                9664   1
        scsi_mod              109424   2 [sr_mod ide-scsi]
        ide-cd                 30272   0
        cdrom                  32032   0 [sr_mod ide-cd]
        mousedev                5120   1
        hid                    20832   0 (unused)
        input                   5792   0 [mousedev hid]
        usb-uhci               24484   0 (unused)
        usbcore                71904   1 [hid usb-uhci]
        ext3                   67328   3
        jbd                    49496   3 [ext3]

[7.4.] Loaded driver and hardware information (/proc/ioports, /proc/iomem)
[7.5.] PCI information ('lspci -vvv' as root)

        00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX

Host bridge (rev 02)
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV-
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium

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            Latency: 32
            Region 0: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) 
[size=256M]
            Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 1.0
                Status: RQ=31 SBA+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x1,x2
                Command: RQ=0 SBA- AGP+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x2

        00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX

AGP bridge (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV-
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium

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            Latency: 64
            Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01,

sec-latency=32
I/O behind bridge: 0000f000-00000fff Memory behind bridge: f0000000-f1ffffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f2000000-f2ffffff
BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA- VGA+ MAbort- >Reset-
FastB2B+

        00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev

02)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV-
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium

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            Latency: 0

        00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE

(rev 01) (prog-if 80 [Master])
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV-
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium

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            Latency: 32
            Region 4: I/O ports at f000 [size=16]

        00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB

(rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV-
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium

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            Latency: 32
            Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 11
            Region 4: I/O ports at 9000 [size=32]

        00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev

02)
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV-
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium

Quoted 1 line

Interrupt: pin ? routed to IRQ 9

00:09.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c900B-TPO
[Etherlink XL TPO] (rev 04)
Subsystem: 3Com Corporation 3C900B-TPO Etherlink XL TPO
10Mb
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV-
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium

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            Latency: 32 (2500ns min, 12000ns max), cache line size 
08
            Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
            Region 0: I/O ports at 9400 [size=128]
            Region 1: Memory at f5100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)

[size=128]
Expansion ROM at f3000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

00:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371
[AudioPCI-97] (rev 08)
Subsystem: Ensoniq Creative Sound Blaster AudioPCI64V,
AudioPCI128
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV-
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=slow

Quoted 1 line

Latency: 32 (3000ns min, 32000ns max)
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10 Region 0: I/O ports at 9800 [size=64]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-

00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet
Pro 100] (rev 08)
Subsystem: Intel Corp. EtherExpress PRO/100+ Management
Adapter
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV-
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium

Quoted 1 line

            Latency: 32 (2000ns min, 14000ns max), cache line size

08
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 12
Region 0: Memory at f5101000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
[size=4K]

            Region 1: I/O ports at 9c00 [size=64]
            Region 2: Memory at f5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)

[size=1M]
Expansion ROM at f4000000 [disabled] [size=1M]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME-

00:0d.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation
Bt848 Video Capture (rev 12)
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV-
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium

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            Latency: 32 (4000ns min, 10000ns max)
            Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
            Region 0: Memory at f5102000 (32-bit, prefetchable)

[size=4K]

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV4
[Riva TnT] (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: STB Systems Inc: Unknown device 273e
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV-
VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap+ 66Mhz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium

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            Latency: 248 (1250ns min, 250ns max)
            Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 12
            Region 0: Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) 
[size=16M]
            Region 1: Memory at f2000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)

[size=16M]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 1
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Capabilities: [44] AGP version 1.0
Status: RQ=15 SBA+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x1,x2
Command: RQ=15 SBA- AGP+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x2

[7.6.] SCSI information (from /proc/scsi/scsi)

        [root@lordvaider linux-2.4.18-5]# cat /proc/scsi/scsi
        Attached devices:
        Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
        Vendor: COMPAQ   Model: DVD-ROM GD-2500  Rev: 0011
        Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision:

02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
Vendor: HP Model: CD-Writer+ 8100 Rev: 1.0g
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision:
02

[7.7.] Other information that might be relevant to the problem
(please look in /proc and include all information that you think to be relevant):
[X.] Other notes, patches, fixes, workarounds:

Signature · 3 lines

Sergio Avila Jiménez <[email protected]>
EVoto Team - http://evoto.org
--

Adam Kropelin

2002-08-07 13:43 UTC #1 lore raw

Quoted 6 lines · Sergio Avila

I'll play Alan for a moment...

Repeat after a cold boot having never loaded the NVidia driver. If you can do so, repost the results here. Otherwise, contact NVidia since we cannot debug their closed source driver.

--Adam

Alan Cox

2002-08-07 14:10 UTC #2 lore raw

In reply to Sergio Avila

Quoted 7 lines · Sergio Avila

Please report this to Nvidia. The linux community does not support or care about bugs reported on any boot when their binary only modules have been loaded

Tomas Szepe

2002-08-07 14:28 UTC #3 lore raw

Quoted 11 lines

And in case you're wondering whether lkml people are being assholes about binary-only drivers and don't really want to help, note that this particular bug has been confirmed many times to indeed be caused by the Nvidia module.

Bob_Tracy

2002-08-07 19:23 UTC #4 lore raw

Quoted 7 lines · Tomas Szepe

Worse... When we outcast NVidia users trot over to the linux forum on the NVidia website, the attitude of the fellow that responds to darned near every posting might best be summarized as:

"The 2.5.X series is for kernel developers. If you fancy yourself a kernel developer, you can fix the OS interface routines yourself."

It's not clear from the limited amount of time I spend in that forum whether that poster is an NVidia employee, but if so... FEH!!!

I supposed it *might* be possible that the source code NVidia *does* provide can be patched to workaround the braindamage that lurks within the binary-only module. Circumstantial evidence suggests the contrary, or it would have already been done. Enough has changed within the 2.5.X memory management code that I'm reasonably certain the NVidia driver problems will require modifications to code we *don't* have source for.

Consider this an invitation for any NVidia employee "in the know" (who also reads this list) to comment. Even a hearty "f*ck off" would beat the world-class lettin' alone the linux community is currently getting.

Linux zealots who insist I should vote with my dollars are cordially invited to suggest alternative video cards that (1) are fully supported under Linux, and (2) perform as well as the NVidia cards do (when the NVidia driver doesn't crash my system, that is). I have two informal benchmarks I care about: the OpenGL "lament" screensaver, and Unreal Tournament.

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J Sloan

2002-08-07 20:06 UTC #5 lore raw

My experience with NVidia drivers has been all good -

However ATI is hopeful, we need some competition. I found that a radeon worked well, in terms of 3D screensavers, and quake 3 arena - however starting RtCW resulted in immediate hard lockup, every time - no ping, no sysrq.

People are working on ATI drivers, who knows, maybe there will be something usable soon.

Joe

Quoted 13 lines · Bob_Tracy