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Date:      Thu, 09 Sep 1999 10:27:28 -0700
From:      "Addr.com Web Hosting" <admin@addr.com>
To:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Fequent panics in FreeBSD 3.3-RC ...
Message-ID:  <4.2.0.58.19990909101426.009d3d40@mail3.addr.com>

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Hi,

I have recently upgraded a system to the latest stable, and have already 
received three of these panics:

uname -a reads
FreeBSD addr3.addr.com 3.3-RC FreeBSD 3.3-RC #0: Tue Sep  7 21:57:07 GMT 1999
   root@addr3.addr.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/ADDRKERN  i386

the panic reads:
Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
mp_lock = 01000002; cpuid = 1; lapic.id = 01000000
fault virtual address   = 0xc4e7f08c
fault code              = supervisor write, page not present
instruction pointer     = 0x8:0xc025f47a
stack pointer           = 0x10:0xd2ed2f0c
frame pointer           = 0x10:0xd2ed2f1c
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         = 12498 (httpd)
interrupt mask          = net tty bio cam  <- SMP: XXX
trap number             = 12
panic: page fault
mp_lock = 01000002; cpuid = 1; lapic.id = 01000000
boot() called on cpu#1

nm /kernel for that area shows:

c025f314 T pmap_page_exists
c025f30c T pmap_pageable
c025f3a4 T pmap_remove_pages
c025f4e0 t pmap_testbit

I have also received one panic at c025e2cc:
nm /kernel | grep c025e2
c025e290 t pmap_insert_entry

And also one complete freeze up. This is all in only 3 days, but I have 
found no way to replicate the error. It doesn't seem entirely random since 
it always occurs in "pmap" related functions. These panics have been 
following me since 3.0-STABLE and into 3.2-RELEASE and now in 3.3-RC. They 
seem like the result of some sort of attack because they increase in 
frequency if we have a spam issue with a user or similar on that machine.
The server is a dual PentiumIII-450 with 512 MB of ram and DPT raid 
controller. Max users is set at 256 (I don't know about this version, but 
on previous versions setting it higher caused constant panics). It usually 
runs at load average of about 2, serving apache/sendmail/telnet/ftpd/ipop3d 
as well as a little bit of NFS data for local updates and a completely idle 
NFS client.
Same panics occurred on server with dual P||-400 with 1GB of ram and DPT 
controller, so it is not an issue caused by faulty hardware.
Oh, I am not using "device apm" since this seems to be a cause for a lot of 
discussion lately.
If you need any more info I would be glad to provide it. Any help regarding 
this problem would be greatly appreciated.

Best Regards,
Anthony Bourov 


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