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On Mittwoch 14 Januar 2009, David Relson wrote: |
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> On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:01:28 +0100 |
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> Daniel Pielmeier wrote: |
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> > 2009/1/14 David Relson <relson@×××××××××××××.com>: |
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> > > I noticed the "taint" message and don't think that's right. How do |
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> > > I identify the tainted module? |
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> > |
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> > Jan 13 21:35:04 osage Pid: 13119, comm: rrdtool Tainted: G D W |
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> > 2.6.28-gentoo #11 |
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> > |
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> > rrdtool? |
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> > |
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> > -- |
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> > Regards, |
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> > Daniel |
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> Attached is the full /var/log/messages from the reboot (Jan 13 |
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> 22:26:17) to: |
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> Jan 14 02:26:21 osage BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference |
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> at 0000000000000010 |
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> lines 738&739 are timestamped 02:26:21, list the modules linked in, and |
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> says "Not tainted". lines 778&779 also timestamped 02:26:21, list the |
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> modules linked in, and says "Tainted". |
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> The modules listed in lines 738 and 778 are identical. |
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> What the heck? How does the kernel go from "Not tainted" to "Tainted" |
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> in less than a second while generating BUG messages? |
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> Can a program, i.e. rrdtool, be tainted? I'd not think so since the |
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> program is in user space, not kernel space. |
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> Regards, |
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> David |
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AFAIK a kernel is tainted after the first bug/ooops. Am I wrong? |
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