[Users] kernel errors in syslog

Stuart MacIntosh stuart at linuxsecurity.co.nz
Wed Jul 4 23:29:41 EDT 2007


Hello everyone,
I'm frequently seeing errors in the logs upon VE start and during a
heavy I/O (cp /something /somwhere on HN) I had a lockup and kernel
panic but did not have a serial console attached to catch the panic
message sorry.

Is this a bug? I found http://bugzilla.openvz.org/show_bug.cgi?id=470
with similar problem but it says the bug is fixed(?)

the errors look like this:
> Jul  6 02:20:09 server01 kernel: lockd_down: no lockd running.
> Jul  6 02:20:11 server01 kernel: VE: 104: stopped
> Jul  6 02:20:12 server01 kernel: VE: 104: started
> Jul  6 02:20:26 server01 kernel: kernel_thread call inside VE
> Jul  6 02:20:26 server01 kernel:  [<c0101569>] kernel_thread+0xc9/0xd0
> Jul  6 02:20:26 server01 kernel:  [<c01505ec>] __alloc_pages+0x2ac/0x370
> Jul  6 02:20:26 server01 kernel:  [<f8ea3080>] svc_create_thread+0x130/0x160 [sunrpc]
> Jul  6 02:20:26 server01 kernel:  [<f8e89500>] lockd+0x0/0x360 [lockd]
> Jul  6 02:20:26 server01 kernel:  [<f8e892dc>] lockd_up+0xfc/0x190 [lockd]
> Jul  6 02:20:26 server01 kernel:  [<f8e89500>] lockd+0x0/0x360 [lockd]
> Jul  6 02:20:26 server01 kernel:  [<f8f05ff3>] nfs_get_sb+0x513/0x7f0 [nfs]
> Jul  6 02:20:26 server01 kernel:  [<f8f04c00>] nfs_compare_super+0x0/0x80 [nfs]
> Jul  6 02:20:26 server01 kernel:  [<f8f04be0>] nfs_set_super+0x0/0x20 [nfs]
> Jul  6 02:20:26 server01 kernel:  [<c0172b4c>] vfs_kern_mount+0x4c/0xa0
> Jul  6 02:20:26 server01 kernel:  [<c0172c12>] do_kern_mount+0x42/0x60
> Jul  6 02:20:26 server01 kernel:  [<c018aa8d>] do_mount+0x26d/0x7a0
> Jul  6 02:20:26 server01 kernel:  [<c013842a>] ub_slab_charge+0x7a/0x140
> Jul  6 02:20:26 server01 kernel:  [<c03fc6b6>] inet_csk_get_port+0x136/0x280
> Jul  6 02:20:26 server01 kernel:  [<c041ccd9>] inet_bind+0xd9/0x210
> Jul  6 02:20:26 server01 kernel:  [<c013c1ef>] pb_free+0x1f/0x30
> Jul  6 02:20:26 server01 kernel:  [<c01506dd>] __get_free_pages+0x2d/0x50
> Jul  6 02:20:26 server01 kernel:  [<c0189657>] copy_mount_options+0x47/0x130
> Jul  6 02:20:26 server01 kernel:  [<c018b058>] sys_mount+0x98/0xe0
> Jul  6 02:20:26 server01 kernel:  [<c0103083>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
> Jul  6 02:20:26 server01 kernel: lockd_up: create thread failed, error=-1
> Jul  6 02:43:29 server01 -- MARK --
> Jul  6 03:02:43 server01 kernel: VE: 104: stopped
> Jul  6 03:02:43 server01 kernel: VE: 104: started
> Jul  6 03:03:13 server01 kernel: kernel_thread call inside VE
> Jul  6 03:03:13 server01 kernel:  [<c0101569>] kernel_thread+0xc9/0xd0
> Jul  6 03:03:13 server01 kernel:  [<c01505ec>] __alloc_pages+0x2ac/0x370
> Jul  6 03:03:13 server01 kernel:  [<f8ea3080>] svc_create_thread+0x130/0x160 [sunrpc]
> Jul  6 03:03:13 server01 kernel:  [<f8e89500>] lockd+0x0/0x360 [lockd]
> Jul  6 03:03:13 server01 kernel:  [<f8e892dc>] lockd_up+0xfc/0x190 [lockd]
> Jul  6 03:03:13 server01 kernel:  [<f8e89500>] lockd+0x0/0x360 [lockd]
> Jul  6 03:03:13 server01 kernel:  [<f8f05ff3>] nfs_get_sb+0x513/0x7f0 [nfs]
> Jul  6 03:03:13 server01 kernel:  [<f8f04c00>] nfs_compare_super+0x0/0x80 [nfs]
> Jul  6 03:03:13 server01 kernel:  [<f8f04be0>] nfs_set_super+0x0/0x20 [nfs]
> Jul  6 03:03:13 server01 kernel:  [<c0172b4c>] vfs_kern_mount+0x4c/0xa0
> Jul  6 03:03:13 server01 kernel:  [<c0172c12>] do_kern_mount+0x42/0x60
> Jul  6 03:03:13 server01 kernel:  [<c018aa8d>] do_mount+0x26d/0x7a0
> Jul  6 03:03:13 server01 kernel:  [<c013842a>] ub_slab_charge+0x7a/0x140
> Jul  6 03:03:13 server01 kernel:  [<c03fc6b6>] inet_csk_get_port+0x136/0x280
> Jul  6 03:03:13 server01 kernel:  [<c041ccd9>] inet_bind+0xd9/0x210
> Jul  6 03:03:13 server01 kernel:  [<c013c1ef>] pb_free+0x1f/0x30
> Jul  6 03:03:13 server01 kernel:  [<c01506dd>] __get_free_pages+0x2d/0x50
> Jul  6 03:03:13 server01 kernel:  [<c0189657>] copy_mount_options+0x47/0x130
> Jul  6 03:03:13 server01 kernel:  [<c018b058>] sys_mount+0x98/0xe0
> Jul  6 03:03:13 server01 kernel:  [<c0103083>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
> Jul  6 03:03:13 server01 kernel: lockd_up: create thread failed, error=-1
> Jul  6 03:05:05 server01 kernel: VE: 104: stopped
> Jul  6 03:05:09 server01 kernel: VE: 104: started
> Jul  6 03:05:23 server01 kernel: kernel_thread call inside VE
> Jul  6 03:05:23 server01 kernel:  [<c0101569>] kernel_thread+0xc9/0xd0
> Jul  6 03:05:23 server01 kernel:  [<c01505ec>] __alloc_pages+0x2ac/0x370
> Jul  6 03:05:23 server01 kernel:  [<f8ea3080>] svc_create_thread+0x130/0x160 [sunrpc]
> Jul  6 03:05:23 server01 kernel:  [<f8e89500>] lockd+0x0/0x360 [lockd]
> Jul  6 03:05:23 server01 kernel:  [<f8e892dc>] lockd_up+0xfc/0x190 [lockd]
> Jul  6 03:05:23 server01 kernel:  [<f8e89500>] lockd+0x0/0x360 [lockd]
> Jul  6 03:05:23 server01 kernel:  [<f8f05ff3>] nfs_get_sb+0x513/0x7f0 [nfs]
> Jul  6 03:05:23 server01 kernel:  [<f8f04c00>] nfs_compare_super+0x0/0x80 [nfs]
> Jul  6 03:05:23 server01 kernel:  [<f8f04be0>] nfs_set_super+0x0/0x20 [nfs]
> Jul  6 03:05:23 server01 kernel:  [<c0172b4c>] vfs_kern_mount+0x4c/0xa0
> Jul  6 03:05:23 server01 kernel:  [<c0172c12>] do_kern_mount+0x42/0x60
> Jul  6 03:05:23 server01 kernel:  [<c018aa8d>] do_mount+0x26d/0x7a0
> Jul  6 03:05:23 server01 kernel:  [<c013842a>] ub_slab_charge+0x7a/0x140
> Jul  6 03:05:23 server01 kernel:  [<c03fc6b6>] inet_csk_get_port+0x136/0x280
> Jul  6 03:05:23 server01 kernel:  [<c041ccd9>] inet_bind+0xd9/0x210
> Jul  6 03:05:23 server01 kernel:  [<c013c1ef>] pb_free+0x1f/0x30
> Jul  6 03:05:23 server01 kernel:  [<c01506dd>] __get_free_pages+0x2d/0x50
> Jul  6 03:05:23 server01 kernel:  [<c0189657>] copy_mount_options+0x47/0x130
> Jul  6 03:05:23 server01 kernel:  [<c018b058>] sys_mount+0x98/0xe0
> Jul  6 03:05:23 server01 kernel:  [<c0103083>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
> Jul  6 03:05:23 server01 kernel: lockd_up: create thread failed, error=-1
> 
> 

some other info:
server01:~# uname -a
Linux server01 2.6.18-028stab035.1-ovz #1 Wed Jun 13 21:25:54 CEST 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
server01:~# cat /proc/version 
Linux version 2.6.18-028stab035.1-ovz (tsd at debian.systs.org) (gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)) #1 Wed Jun 13 21:25:54 CEST 2007

using debian etch with packages from systs.org - are the CentOS kernels more stable?

Thanks,
Stuart.



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