From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 5 10:43:55 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 034FF16A4CE for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2004 10:43:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from united.networks.org (united.networks.org [209.209.49.209]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8C1143D53 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2004 10:43:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hogan@ninthgate.net) Received: by united.networks.org (Postfix, from userid 101) id 751ABB744; Sun, 5 Dec 2004 02:43:23 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 10:43:23 +0000 From: Hogan Whittall To: Doug White Message-ID: <20041205104323.GA21375@ninthgate.net> References: <20041123182254.GB10721@ninthgate.net> <20041124231627.I2006@carver.gumbysoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041124231627.I2006@carver.gumbysoft.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Header: It's a Jeep thing, you wouldn't understand... X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 05 Dec 2004 12:47:39 +0000 cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Random panics with 5.3-REL, SMP X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: hogan@ninthgate.net List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2004 10:43:55 -0000 Here's the output of the panic. It hung again while dumping core... Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode cpuid = 3; apic id = 02 fault virtual address = 0xa748d260 fault code = supervisor write, page not present instruction pointer = 0x8:0xc060b611 stack pointer = 0x10:0xe971bc20 frame pointer = 0x10:0xe971bc20 code segment = base 0x0, limit 0xfffff, type 0x1b = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1 processor eflags = interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0 current process = 52 (swi6: task queue) trap number = 12 panic: page fault cpuid = 3 boot() called on cpu#3 Uptime: 5d6h6m34s Dumping 3967 MB 16 32 48 64 80 96 112 128 144 160 Whenever it panics it will hang at a random point during the dump, this last time was the farthest it got... Someone seems to suspect bad ram as the culprit. I can always swap it out and see what happens. -Hogan On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 11:24:43PM -0800, Doug White wrote: > On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, Hogan Whittall wrote: > > > Dell PE6450 server, 4xP3-700 Xeon, 4gb ram, system disks reside on > > a 2 disk RAID1 attached to a MegaRAID controller. Wireless is a > > D-Link DWL-G520-B, also has Intel Pro/100 ethernet. > > For the record, I have a PE6300 (4x500MHz) I'm testing a fix for panics of > the form > > panic: Previous IPI is stuck > > if thats one of the "random panics" you're seeing. The thread "number of > CPUs and IPI panic" in -current has details, and a temporary patch is > available from > > http://people.freebsd.org/~ups/ipi4_patch > > I believe this patch will apply to both RELENG_5 and -CURRENT, for now. > > I was having a problem with random resets (no panic, just reset) and > traced it to a broken cpu0. Replacing it made the resets go away. > > If you have room you may want to install RedHat or Windows on another > partition, load up the OpenManage tools, and inspect the system event log > for anything peculiar. If you've never run this before then you may need > to clear the event log for it to log any new events. If you have a DRAC > card in the machine you can use that too. > > -- > Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org