Hi, Running kernel 2.4.21-rc2 and using reiserfs (built as module) on an IBM X31 laptop. I have hit a kernel bug (as per subject line). Decoded Oops follows: ksymoops 2.4.8 on i686 2.4.21-rc2. Options used -V (default) -k /proc/ksyms (default) -l /proc/modules (default) -o /lib/modules/2.4.21-rc2/ (default) -m /boot/System.map-2.4.21-rc2 (default) Warning: You did not tell me where to find symbol information. I will assume that the log matches the kernel and modules that are running right now and I'll use the default options above for symbol resolution. If the current kernel and/or modules do not match the log, you can get more accurate output by telling me the kernel version and where to find map, modules, ksyms etc. ksymoops -h explains the options. kernel BUG at inode.c:562! invalid operand: 0000 CPU: 0 EIP: 0010:[] Tainted: PF Using defaults from ksymoops -t elf32-i386 -a i386 EFLAGS: 00210202 eax: c37f5220 ebx: c37f5200 ecx: 00000001 edx: c37f5220 esi: 00000000 edi: c37f5268 ebp: c37f5200 esp: cbd5df04 ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Process rm (pid: 16212, stackpage=cbd5d000) Stack: c37f5200 cbd5df1c f0824b37 c37f5200 00000000 00000024 f08495c3 00000000 00000024 00001494 ef333c00 c37f52ac c012ff67 00000000 c37f5200 f0824a60 f08499a0 e81b30c0 c0155fdd c37f5200 00000000 00000000 00000000 e905c200 Call Trace: [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] Code: 0f 0b 32 02 a0 7d 26 c0 8b 83 f8 00 00 00 a8 10 75 08 0f 0b >>EIP; c01554da <===== >>eax; c37f5220 <_end+34d0a7c/304e88bc> >>ebx; c37f5200 <_end+34d0a5c/304e88bc> >>edx; c37f5220 <_end+34d0a7c/304e88bc> >>edi; c37f5268 <_end+34d0ac4/304e88bc> >>ebp; c37f5200 <_end+34d0a5c/304e88bc> >>esp; cbd5df04 <_end+ba39760/304e88bc> Trace; f0824b37 <[reiserfs]reiserfs_delete_inode+d7/100> Trace; f08495c3 <[reiserfs].rodata.end+56e8/58e5> Trace; c012ff67 Trace; f0824a60 <[reiserfs]reiserfs_delete_inode+0/100> Trace; f08499a0 <[reiserfs]reiserfs_sops+0/50> Trace; c0155fdd Trace; c014c565 Trace; c014c67a Trace; c010920f Code; c01554da 00000000 <_EIP>: Code; c01554da <===== 0: 0f 0b ud2a <===== Code; c01554dc 2: 32 02 xor (%edx),%al Code; c01554de 4: a0 7d 26 c0 8b mov 0x8bc0267d,%al Code; c01554e3 9: 83 f8 00 cmp $0x0,%eax Code; c01554e6 c: 00 00 add %al,(%eax) Code; c01554e8 e: a8 10 test $0x10,%al Code; c01554ea 10: 75 08 jne 1a <_EIP+0x1a> Code; c01554ec 12: 0f 0b ud2a 1 warning issued. Results may not be reliable.