Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 13:40:56 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Martin <nakal@web.de> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is "vm_fault" a kernel bug here? Message-ID: <20031208214056.GA52416@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <1070918549.702.22.camel@klotz.local> References: <1070918549.702.22.camel@klotz.local>
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--TB36FDmn/VVEgNH/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 10:22:30PM +0100, Martin wrote: >=20 > Here is the result of a read access on a file, which is obviously > unreadable: >=20 > acd0: FAILURE - READ BIG status=3D51<READY,DSC,ERROR> sensekey=3DMEDIUM > ERROR error=3D4<ABORTED> > vm_fault: pager read error, pid 606 (cp) > cp: filename: Bad address >=20 > I want to report it, because of the "vm_fault", it sounds "scary". > Is this a correct behaviour or a bug in the kernel? That's just what happens when an error is detected by the disk driver. This can be caused by hardware failure or incompatibility, or a driver bug. Kris --TB36FDmn/VVEgNH/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/1O/oWry0BWjoQKURAl1MAJ0WgvolYgRDu4+Jh5KG2lJjdEnf5wCfYxTX k//iLM4Hi0BvwS9XtzKbPAU= =60mH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TB36FDmn/VVEgNH/--
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