From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270189AbTGMJMe (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jul 2003 05:12:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270190AbTGMJMe (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jul 2003 05:12:34 -0400 Received: from carisma.slowglass.com ([195.224.96.167]:52493 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270189AbTGMJMc (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jul 2003 05:12:32 -0400 Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 10:27:16 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: yuval yeret Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, yuval@exanet.com Subject: Re: 2.4.18-24 SMP Machine stuck in zombie state after kernel Oops in devfs_d_iput Message-ID: <20030713102716.C24901@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , yuval yeret , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, yuval@exanet.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from yuval_yeret@hotmail.com on Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 12:12:42PM +0300 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 12:12:42PM +0300, yuval yeret wrote: > Hi, > > Tried to find information about a kernel OOPS I've seen twice already on two > different machines - but nothing seems to be said about this in the list > archives or anywhere else for that matter (except someone saw this a while > ago on a 2.5.X kernel - > http://groups.google.com/groups?q=devfs_d_iput&hl=en&lr=lang_en|lang_iw&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&selm=20030424211014%242fa9%40gated-at.bofh.it&rnum=1 I'd suggest just turning devfs off, that'll help you a lot. If you don't like that at least try to reproduce with a mainline kernel.