Subject: Re: KVM induced panic on 2.6.38[2367] & 2.6.39

From: Brad Campbell <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2011 21:27:27 +0800

On 07/06/11 04:22, Eric Dumazet wrote:

> Could you please try latest linux-2.6 tree ?
>
> We fixed many networking bugs that could explain your crash.
>
>
>
>

No good I'm afraid.

[  543.040056] 
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[  543.040136] BUG ip_dst_cache: Padding overwritten. 
0xffff8803e4217ffe-0xffff8803e4217fff
[  543.040194] 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[  543.040198]
[  543.040298] INFO: Slab 0xffffea000d9e74d0 objects=25 used=25 fp=0x 
        (null) flags=0x8000000000004081
[  543.040364] Pid: 4576, comm: kworker/1:2 Not tainted 3.0.0-rc2 #1
[  543.040415] Call Trace:
[  543.040472]  [<ffffffff810b9c1d>] ? slab_err+0xad/0xd0
[  543.040528]  [<ffffffff8102e034>] ? check_preempt_wakeup+0xa4/0x160
[  543.040595]  [<ffffffff810ba206>] ? slab_pad_check+0x126/0x170
[  543.040650]  [<ffffffff8133045b>] ? dst_destroy+0x8b/0x110
[  543.040701]  [<ffffffff810ba29a>] ? check_slab+0x4a/0xc0
[  543.040753]  [<ffffffff810baf2d>] ? free_debug_processing+0x2d/0x250
[  543.040808]  [<ffffffff810bb27b>] ? __slab_free+0x12b/0x140
[  543.040862]  [<ffffffff810bbe99>] ? kmem_cache_free+0x99/0xa0
[  543.040915]  [<ffffffff8133045b>] ? dst_destroy+0x8b/0x110
[  543.040967]  [<ffffffff813307f6>] ? dst_gc_task+0x196/0x1f0
[  543.041021]  [<ffffffff8104e954>] ? queue_delayed_work_on+0x154/0x160
[  543.041081]  [<ffffffff813066fe>] ? do_dbs_timer+0x20e/0x3d0
[  543.041133]  [<ffffffff81330660>] ? dst_alloc+0x180/0x180
[  543.041187]  [<ffffffff8104f28b>] ? process_one_work+0xfb/0x3b0
[  543.041242]  [<ffffffff8104f964>] ? worker_thread+0x144/0x3d0
[  543.041296]  [<ffffffff8102cc10>] ? __wake_up_common+0x50/0x80
[  543.041678]  [<ffffffff8104f820>] ? rescuer_thread+0x2e0/0x2e0
[  543.041729]  [<ffffffff8104f820>] ? rescuer_thread+0x2e0/0x2e0
[  543.041782]  [<ffffffff81053436>] ? kthread+0x96/0xa0
[  543.041835]  [<ffffffff813e1d14>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
[  543.041890]  [<ffffffff810533a0>] ? kthread_worker_fn+0x120/0x120
[  543.041944]  [<ffffffff813e1d10>] ? gs_change+0xb/0xb
[  543.041993]  Padding 0xffff8803e4217f40:  5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 
5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
[  543.042718]  Padding 0xffff8803e4217f50:  5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 
5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
[  543.043433]  Padding 0xffff8803e4217f60:  5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 
5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
[  543.044155]  Padding 0xffff8803e4217f70:  5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 
5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
[  543.044866]  Padding 0xffff8803e4217f80:  5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 
5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
[  543.045590]  Padding 0xffff8803e4217f90:  5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 
5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
[  543.046311]  Padding 0xffff8803e4217fa0:  5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 
5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
[  543.047034]  Padding 0xffff8803e4217fb0:  5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 
5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
[  543.047755]  Padding 0xffff8803e4217fc0:  5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 
5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
[  543.048474]  Padding 0xffff8803e4217fd0:  5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 
5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
[  543.049203]  Padding 0xffff8803e4217fe0:  5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 
5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
[  543.049909]  Padding 0xffff8803e4217ff0:  5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 
5a 5a 5a 5a 5a 00 00 ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ..
[  543.050021] FIX ip_dst_cache: Restoring 
0xffff8803e4217f40-0xffff8803e4217fff=0x5a
[  543.050021]

Dropped -mm, Hugh and Andrea from CC as this does not appear to be mm or 
ksm related.

I'll pare down the firewall and see if I can make it break easier with a 
smaller test set.